A Great Christ for My Need

Are you drinking daily from the river of living water? Dehydration can lead to death.

December’s Awakening, Day 30

I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need.

 —C. H. Spurgeon

Christ is like a river. A river is continually flowing, there are fresh supplies of water coming from the fountain-head continually, so that a man may live by it, and be supplied with water all his life. So Christ is an ever-flowing fountain; he is continually supplying his people, and the fountain is not spent. They who live upon Christ, may have fresh supplies from him to all eternity; they may have an increase of blessedness that is new, and new still, and which never will come to an end.

 —Jonathan Edwards

Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” John 7:38 NIV

but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:14 NIV

            Just like our physical self, our spiritual self needs to continually be fueled and exercised to stay healthy and vibrant. Christ is our source, the living fountain of spiritual water that never ceases to flow. We need to jump into His river, be cleansed by it, be refreshed, renewed, and restored by it, and drink deeply from it to continually fuel our spirit to keep it alive. Without that flow of living water, we will soon become spiritually dead.

            We must be cognizant of the condition of our spirit and be proactive in keeping it vibrant and zealous for Him. As we draw closer into the next year, make some positive resolutions as to how you may better maintain your spiritual condition with the wellspring of living water from Him. Drink from the fountain of pristine ever-flowing water of Christ. Drink deeply.