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ADAR 8

Parched

 

“I spread forth my hands unto You; my soul thirsts after You, as a weary land. Selah” (Ps 143:6 HRV)

 

The drought conditions we have witnessed in different parts of the United States during the last decade have been an on again/off again story.  The resulting fires caused by the dry conditions have been heart breaking, as we watch families lose their homes, belongings, and even their lives, to these merciless forces of nature.  A lack of water in, and on, the land is a serious and critical issue, one that we have little means of alleviating in our own human capacity.  It is Yahweh Elohim, our Creator, who gives us rain in due season, but when the heavens are shut up, we pray, and trust in our Abba Father.

 

Consider, if you would, the lack of ‘spiritual’ water in our personal lives.  While there may be times in our relationship with our Creator where He has allowed us to wander in to a dry, desert place, there are also many times when a needless dry place is of our own making.  The water that our Elohim provides for us, to nourish the spirit man within us, is never in short supply.  Why, then, do we neglect the source of this life-giving water (John 4:13-14)?  Do we really believe that we can exist without a continual, fresh supply?  Without this fresh supply, we run the risk of becoming dry, brittle, and perhaps even ‘stagnant’, lacking the aroma of life that only Messiah Yeshua can bring …

 

“WAIT and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing].”  (Isa 55:1 AMPC)

 

“I, יהושע, have sent My messenger to witness to you these matters in the assemblies. I am the Root and the Offspring of Dawiḏ, the Bright and Morning Star.  And the Spirit and the bride say, “COME!” And he who hears, let him say, “COME!” And he who thirsts, COME! And he who desires it, take the water of life without paying!”  (Rev 22:16-17, emphasis mine)

 

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