You may have heard about the chemical leak in West Virginia impacting 9 counties. As a result, those affected can’t bathe, drink, or even wash their clothes or dishes. It has created a demand for clean water. And although emergency resources are being mobilized, we don’t know how long it will take to rectify the situation. So in the meantime, schools, restaurants, and some businesses are closed, and people are scrambling to find water.
My husband drove 25 miles to find bottled water the first evening of the disaster. As we were consuming our precious commodity, he noticed the label on one of the bottles. It read...”Enon Springs…replenishes your body with the thing it needs the most, H20. Drink it straight up or on the rocks. Just drink as much as you can get your hands on because let’s face it, without water, you’re dust.”
How prophetic and so true. Water is a precious resource that quenches and hydrates the body. It cleanses us and our environment. Water makes things grow and provides nourishment. Water is life and we need it. But we also need the living water of Christ. It helps us become like a tree planted by His water bearing fruit in due season. (Psalm 1:3 NLT paraphrased) Drinking the living water Christ provides, we never go thirsty again. For His blessed water is a fresh, bubbling spring giving us eternal life. (John 4:14 NLT paraphrased)
Without it, our leaves fall, our seeds don’t take root, our connection to the Living Vine is severed, and we become a valley of dry bones, animate objects of reproach, carcasses devoid of life. Oh, but the marvelous, living water of Christ heals, restores, empowers and makes ready the harvest. So have a good, long drink of Christ’s living water. Get as much as you can each and every day. Because without, it we are dust.
Loving God with Excellence 