Water!

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Saudi Prince Mohammed Faisal Saud and the French consulting firm of Cicero are pressing the idea to bring fresh water to the Persian Gulf kingdom, by towing icebergs from the Antarctic to Jidda, Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Port.
On arrival, the icebergs would be cut up and allowed to melt in floating aqueducts. The water would then be pumped into on-shore lines.
It is believed by the proponents of the scheme, that "trains" of icebergs could bring fresh water to California "at economical prices."
Such far-fetched ideas help point up the fears occasioned by dwindling fresh water supplies in many areas of the world.
After the same manner in which water is vital to physical life in man, the Word of God is vital to the life and well-being of the soul. It is the Word of God, brought home in the power of God's Spirit, that alone satisfies the cravings of the human heart.
The journey required to bring icebergs from Antarctica to the Persian Gulf would be about five thousand, seven hundred miles a long way for a tug.
But who could estimate the distance from whence Jesus, the Son of God, came to save— and make the gospel available to us?
"As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Prov. 25:2525As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. (Proverbs 25:25).
Today the gospel, like Eden's river with four heads (gospels) carries the good news of salvation to the four corners of the earth, and thousands are drinking at the stream.
But will the river of God's grace, the water of salvation, flow on forever? The solemn answer is, No. God has said: "My spirit shall not always strive with man." Gen. 6:33And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3).
O sinner, come to the One who cries to you even now: "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink." John 7:3737In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (John 7:37).
Do not delay, lest when the day of salvation suddenly ends with the coming of the Lord, you be left behind— and find yourself in hell, crying for a drop of water to cool your tongue. Read Luke 16:2424And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. (Luke 16:24).
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give,
The living water— thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.
Horatius Bonar
"Remember, brother, everything outside of the Lake of Fire is mercy; every drop of water is pure grace. If we had our deserts, we should be in the deepest hell; but because of unspeakable mercy, we are the children of God, members of Christ, and saved eternally." James McKendrick