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Thirst is a curse. Thirst is one of the curses and being hungry goes the same way, but Christ Jesus has redeemed us from the curse of the law for he became a curse for us, for the scripture says cursed in the one who hangs on a tree and Christ was hung on a tree, and truly he took all the curses of the law. There are two kinds of thirst, one is in the natural, and when you are thirsty you drink of the water that is there.Â
When a person walking through the desert and finds no water he becomes thirsty where his lips stick together, and his tongue starts to get dry and swollen, and he is going to die without finding any water. But when he sees off in a distance something that looks like water, he keeps his eyes upon it and when he comes to the spot where that looks like water, he finds that it is just a mirage. And his heart faints within him. Then he cries out to the Lord, and the Lord God Almighty leads him to the place where there is true water. And this thirsty man will drink and drink and drink like he wishes to drink the pond dry.Â
[Psalms 107:4-9.] Some have wondered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation. Hungry and thirsty, the fainted; their lives were near to being perish. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble and He delivered them out of their distress. He led them forth by the straight and right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes. Oh, that men would praise and confess to the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and the wonderful work to the children of men.Â
Then there is a spiritual thirst. Where one can become so thirsty and dry and find themselves in a parch land where no water is, they can cry out to the Lord and the Holy Spirit will lead them to the right place that will glorify Jesus Christ and they will drink and drink and donâ€t have time to say they are thirsty, because they have no time to talk, they just want to drink of the living water the water of life that Jesus Christ provides. But listen to this. Some will run to and fro trying to seek water where there is none because everywhere they go it makes them drier and their thirst not being satisfied.Â
For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.Â
In [Amos 8:11-12] Behold the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine for hearing the words of the Lord. And the people shall wander from sea to sea [meetings to meetings] and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord [inquiring and requiring it as one requires food] but they shall not find it. In that day fair virgins and young men will faint for thirst.Â
You see they go everywhere else but to the Lord God Almighty to the mighty Christ who is the source of our deliverance. The ears and hearts are blocked that they cannot hear for they are seeking after manâ€s fame than after the True Word of God. Jesus Christ is the true Word and only the Holy Spirit can bring glory to Jesus Christ.Â
Hallelujah!! Jesus says and I believe this because He is the truth. [John 4:13] Jesus answered her. All who drink of this water will be thirsty again. He was talking about the natural water, and living in the carnal mind. [John 4:14] But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up flowing, bubbling, [continually] within him unto eternal lifeÂ
Jesus Christ said on the last day of the feast in [John 7:37-38]. Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood, and He cried in a loud voice. If any man is thirsty, let him come unto Me and drink! He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trust in and relies on Me] as the scripture has said. From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water. But He was speaking here of the Spirit. Whom those who believed [trusted, had faith] in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified [raised to honor].
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