Have you ever seen where water puddles dry up and the ground begins to buckle? I remember growing up my brother and I would come across these dried-up water holes with delight in our eyes. We would pick up the buckled mud like plates and throw them at each other. They would fly like Frisbees and then crumble into nothing as they hit their destination. What a blast it was! We could play like that for hours on end. Yet, at that moment, the effects of not having any water to drink hadn’t sunk in. When we got thirsty, we just quit what we were doing and headed for the house to get a cool thirst-quenching drink of water. Just like most of us, we don’t realize how blessed we are to have water until we’re without it.

Some time ago, my family was going with me to the Los Angeles area from Dallas. As we began to enter the Mojave Desert, we were astonished at the destitution of this desert and how severe the real desert can be. We noticed they had emergency phones on the roadside every couple of miles and big signs warning of the distance before the next gas station. They evidently knew to be stranded in this desert could be life threatening. It was a complete wasteland with no sense of life of any kind. The heat was so sweltering that you could actually see the heat waves on the horizon. Even though we were in an air-conditioned car, just the sight of this dry and destitute ground made us thirsty.

I know a big portion of the body of Christ is at this place in the spiritual realm. The Church has come through times of dryness and spiritual drought, just like the children of Israel did on their journey. Psalms 107:4–5 says, “They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.”

We were made to drink of the living water that flows from the throne of God. (tweet)

Many believers have withered spiritually in the desert season, and others have come kicking all the way. One thing for sure is that it has brought a remnant of God’s people thirsting for more of him. David’s words say it well in Psalms 42:1–2. “As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?” I don’t know if you have ever seen a deer panting for water or not, but most of us can relate to a dog on a hot day or after chasing a car. Their tongue hangs almost to the ground as they slowly come dragging in for a drink of water. When they reach the water , It looks and sounds as if they can’t get enough to drink, panting in between every drink. Even, laying down right in the midst of the watering hole, just trying to satisfy that seemingly unquenchable thirst. They can’t live without water and neither can we!   Jesus said, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.” (John 7:37) He is the only source that will satisfy us. We were made to drink of the living water that flows from the throne of God. As we commune with Christ, in talking, walking and reading His word then our thirst is quenched and we will never thirst again.