Drink from the well that never runs dry
Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, never told me to live off yesterday’s water.
Dryness creeps in quietly. We stop pressing in, we coast on what we used to feel, and pretty soon we’re cranky and starting to think we’re owed something. Entitlement grows best in dry ground. It says, “I’ve sacrificed. I deserve this.” Scripture puts that back in its place: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” … “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” (1 Peter 5:5-6, NIV). Everything we have is grace.
The manna came every morning, and the people had to go out and pick it up: “The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day.” (Exodus 16:4, NIV). Nobody could gather it for them. Not a spouse, not a parent, not a pastor. Faith borrowed from someone else’s walk runs dry fast. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13, NIV).
And the water is still on offer: “but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:14, NIV). God’s promise to dry places hasn’t changed either: “For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.” (Isaiah 44:3, NIV).
What we can do
- Admit the dryness. Tell God plainly: I’m thirsty. David prayed it from a desert (Psalm 63:1, NIV).
- Gather today’s manna. A few minutes in the Word before the phone, the news, or the route.
- Trade entitlement for gratitude. Name three things God gave you that you didn’t earn.
- Change the atmosphere at home. Put worship on in the kitchen or the truck. Putting on “a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair” (Isaiah 61:3, NIV) is a choice we can make.
- Memorize one promise for dry seasons. Isaiah 44:3 is a good one to carry.
- If you’ve never come to Jesus, come now. Declare “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:9, NIV).
The well isn’t the problem. It never runs dry. We just have to keep coming back to drink.