Dominica, a beautiful, mountainous island in the Caribbean, with a population of 71,000 and covering 289 square miles, is not only called the “nature island,” but also the “land of many rivers.” In fact, while visiting that island I learned that it is reputed to have 365 rivers, tributaries, streams and creeks. That is one for every day of the year. It made me think of how the Word of God is refreshment for every day of the year as well. Psalm 42:1 Says, “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.”
King David said, “My soul thirsteth after Thee” (Psalm 143:66I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. (Psalm 143:6)). A thirsty person seeks to have his thirst quenched. Has your spiritual thirst been quenched today?
Despite the fact that Dominica has such an abundance of water, I could not seem to quench my thirst, no matter how much I drank. It was hot and tropically humid, and I drank, and drank, and drank. In fact, I drank whatever I could get my hands on ... bottled water, fruit juice and soda — and at one point I downed a liter bottle of Coke, almost without stopping for breath. And still I was so-o-o-o thirsty!
I wonder if you have a similar thirst for the “living water” (John 4:1010Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (John 4:10))? The “living water” satisfies our spiritual thirst. Unlike the liquid I gulped down in Dominica, the “water of life” satisfies our thirst completely — not just for a moment, but for eternity. And more than that, it is free! Every time I wanted a drink in Dominica I had to pay for it. But the Lord Jesus says, “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely” (Revelation 21:66And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Revelation 21:6)).
Ho, everyone that thirsts,
Come, drink a full supply;
Christ is the only source
To quench and satisfy.
Come, come, ye souls
Who thirsty be,
And drink of the living waters free;
Yes, drink and drink abundantly.
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:11Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (Isaiah 55:1)).