INSPIRE Devotionals
With Emmanuel Afiawari
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Topic: QUENCH YOUR THIRST NOW (Part 2)!
Memory Verse: "Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him" - Ephesians 5:18 AMP
Bible Text: John 7:37-38 NKJV
37. On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
INSPIRATION: An inner longing for more that's not backed up by corresponding action would yield frustration. The fuel for desire is the passion expended in the pursuit of that desire. Jesus said, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink" (John 7: 37). You cannot be thirsty and not reach for a drink, especially, water! You cannot want something and not go for it. The proof of desire is in your pursuit. What are your desires and how are you pursuing those desires?
Your thirst will always be there. It can't be wished away or denied. Rather, it places a responsibility on you to strive towards its satisfaction. Your corresponding action to satisfy that desire is what births the overflow that Jesus calls the thirsty to come experience! There're overflows waiting for you to break into but for it to happen, you must be thirsty and desirous of this drink. Take a deep dive from where you are into what you desire. Quit dwelling on the peripherals if you want a big catch.
There's a guaranteed reward for those who go down into deep waters of the sea with ships to do business (Psalm 107: 23). Your desire to quench your thirst should drive you to break boundaries. Do a deep dive, roughen some feathers until you drill out the substance you can trade off at greatly valuable rates. Exchange mediocrity for excellence; fear for boldness; shallowness for increased capacity. If you do not like your current harvest, make that harvest your planting seed. Be big in investing in your future!
TODAY'S TAKE HOME:
Determine whether you're satisfied at your current level of manifestation or you want more. Take the prescription of Jesus more seriously; thirst and drink more. Dig deeper
PRAYER: Dear Lord, please quench my thirst and fill me till I burst out with the overflow of your deposits in me. Cause every step I take towards aligning with the Father at a deeper, more intimate relationship yield a hundredfold result, in Jesus name.
