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I Will Pour

Coconut

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“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.” Isa. 44:3-4.

There are often souls that have been a long time under the awakening hand of God. God has led them into trouble, but not into peace. He has taken them down into the wilderness, and there they wander about in search of refreshing waters; but they find none. They wander from mountain to hill seeking rest, and finding none; they go from well to well, seeking a drop of water to cool their tongue; they go from minister to minister, from sacrament to sacrament, opening their mouth, and panting earnestly; yet they find no peace. These are thirsty souls. Now, it is a sweet thought that God begins with such: “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.” The whole Bible shows that God has a peculiar tenderness for such as are thirsty.

All believers should be thirsty; alas! few are.

Much prayer. —When a little child is thirsty for its mother’s breast, it will not keep silence; no more will a child of God who is thirsty. Thirst will lead you to the secret well, where you may draw unseen the living water. It will lead you to united prayer. If the town were in want of water, and thirst staring every man in the face, would you not meet one with another, and consult, and help to dig new wells? Now, the town is in want of grace, souls are perishing for lack of it, and you your selves are languishing. Oh! meet to pray. “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.”

Learn, Christians, to pray for floods. It is God’s word, he puts it into your mouth. Oh! do not ask for drops when God offers floods.” Open thy mouth and I will fill it.”

-excerpt from full message;
http://www.the-highway.com/pourwater_McCheyne.html
 
good article Coconut, the evidence indicates that the majority must not be very thirsty.
 
I counted money while God counted crosses
I counted gains while He counted losses.
I counted my worth by the things gained in store.
He sized me up by the scars that I bore.
I coveted honours and sought degrees,
He wept as He counted the hours on my knees.
I never knew until one day by the grave,
how vain are the things that we spend life to save.
[author unknown]

Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

'Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men...For the love of Christ constrains us...and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.' 2 Corinthians 5:9-11,14-15.
 
Excellent article sister. Thanks for sharing. I especially like the last poem, this is very true. A good reminder to think of the true eternal worthy things of life, life itself, love, relationship with our GOD *foremost*.

Amen
 
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