Why are so many so hungry & thirsty? I am not writing about world famine…
Bulimia, substance abuse, compulsive shopping, workaholism, sexual addictions…and I am not thinking of “the world”…I am speaking about the church directly. Our lives do not imply that we are drinking from the life-giving waters…but rather from broken cisterns that cannot satisfy.
I do not write this in judgment or condemnation. If you count yourself among the perpetually thirsty, then you will find me among your numbers.
I think we in the church today are long on doctrine and knowledge, and short on experience; short on reality.
“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?” Luke 9:25
Could it be that we have sought to gain this world, at the cost of our self?
“…let us throw off everything that hinders…”
Hebrews 12:1
What would “throwing aside” everything that hinders look like in our lives?
“…having nothing, and yet possessing everything.” (2 Cor 6:10)
Could we find the courage (no doubt a grace) to toss aside the “security” of this cultural normality in all its various forms, to abandon our self to God, simply because He Is,that He Is. (Exodus 3:14)
If we did this, would He meet us?
Isaiah 30: 18 “Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him.”
Jeremiah 2: 13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”
If we abandoned our broken cisterns, would He connect us to life-giving water? Is the Creator and sustainer of our life and breath enough to trust?
Surely it is madness to believe that we don’t need Him, that He is passive or disinterested in us…especially given that our entire existence is His spoken word.
Posted under Transformation
This post was written by David E on July 27, 2009
