Thirst is Done

Read Zechariah 13-14
 
Zechariah 14:8-10 On that day living water will flow out from  Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter. 9 The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. 10 The whole land, from  Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up and remain in its place, from  the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from  the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
 
ONE of the many reasons to read the “Old Testament” is to more deeply understand the imagery Jesus uses to identify himself to his people. Twice the gospel of John records Jesus using living water as his essence. John 4:13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” And in John 7:38 “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from  within him.”  Many who heard Jesu knew he was speaking of the prophets’ images from Zechariah,  Ezekiel and Jeremiah. How sure and plain the gospel message is proclaimed. The truth of God comes through the law, the prophets, the gospels and the epistles. Prophet to prophet, testament to testament, apostle to apostle God makes himself known to the human mind. How is it possible the gospel can be so distorted or ignored?
   Are you thirsty? Go to the Water as the psalmist proclaims: Psalms 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. Drink of God to fill your soul. The Father, the Son and the Spirit flow grace, love, comfort, strength peace and joy into your life. Be refreshed in the thirst-quenching hope and life-giving love from the Savior whose living water is ever-flowing.
  
Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.