There's a thing that's been coming up in sermons and in what little reading I've done in the word lately and it deals with being thirsty. In Psalm 13 David is begging God to do something. He's wondering how long his emptiness will last. Well, Psalms is my favorite book of the Bible and in #13 David could straight up be my brother we're so alike in this one. He asks "How Long, Lord?" a lot of times but he asks because theres hope in the question. He can see that there will be an end to all the madness. In all the ways Pastor Ken could've tied Psalm 13 together with Jesus, he chose to get at John 4, talking about the Samaritan woman who needed some REAL water. Her testimony is awesome. After the conversation she has with Jesus she runs into town and tells people, "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" She has found out that Jesus is actually the one that will satisfy her. The Bible is slam packed with pathetic sinners like me who constantly get fooled into thinking the world has something to offer.
I came across Isaiah 55 that gets at kinda the same point. It's like it was written for people who have been crying out to God thanks to all the emptiness and hard times that have taken over more of our lives than we would like. For me right now I need to be reminded about every 5 seconds about who Jesus is. That he's the one that satisfies my needs and takes care of pain and fixes my soul. And I'm sayin, if I were to choose to put my faith in nice things and in fun activities and in human beings I would be so screwed.
"Come, you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come and buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen to me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare."
-Isaiah 55
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