Years ago when I played football, Gatorade was just given to the starters on the team. If you weren't a starter you had to drink plain old water. Back then Gatorade cost alot more than it does today. It was used as a sort of reward and made people want to be and stay a starter on the team.
Today there are all sort of "Ades" to choose from. Powerade,G2,G3,and energy drinks that are advertised on television everyday. They are advertised in newspapers,magazines,billboards,and at bus stops.You can't miss them and because some star drinks it, we want to be seen drinking some too.
The fact of the matter is these drinks are designed to quench our thirst. They call Gatorade;"The Thirst Quencher!" As a nation,we spend millions of dollars trying to quench our physical thirst but what about our "spiritual thirst"?
In any sport there is some type of "physical" activity that works up a thrist "in" us.Working outside in the heat of the day will create a thrist "in" us.Eating can create a thrist "in" us.But what about our "spiritual thrist"?
You see alot of us don't care about our spirits being thristy.Alot of us don't exercise our spirits to create any thrist at all.We may go to church on Sunday and get a drink, but will that drink truly fulfill the thrist? If we are truly seeking to do the will of God then we should be filled with His water! We should be filled with His GOD-ADE!!
Todays passage has Jesus speaking to a woman at a well. She was there to draw out water for her home and Jesus asked her for a drink. In exchange for some well water ,Jesus was going to give her spirit filling,run around the church making,shout making,praise making,tell the whole world about JESUS making, WATER!! Some of that good old GOD-ADE!! Jesus said once she'd gotten a taste of His water she'd never thrist again.
Just like the woman,there was a time in my life when I had trouble understanding what Jesus meant. You see it was a reason Jesus chose that well for the meeting place. Just as we need water to "survive",we need the Holy Spirit to truly "live"!!The Holy Spirit should not just give life to us ,but also touch the lives of others around us. But we have to be thristy for it!! We have to not just want a drink ,we have to want the whole well! I'm here to tell you today that Gatorade don't have nothing on GOD-ADE!! GOD-ADE woke me up with a right mind today!! GOD-ADE whispered in my ear that EVERYTHING is going to be alright!! When trouble was in my way,GOD-ADE made me a way out of no way!! Gatorade don't have nothing on GOD-ADE!!!
There is someone out there that is wondering about,lost in this thing called life. They are tripping and falling all over the place, weaken by the journey. It's time to give God a chance and let Him give you water from His overflowing well,His Holy Spirit!!Someone else may have lost their thrist,it's time to go back to work!! It's time to get back active doing the things of God!
Psalm 34:8 reads:"O taste and see that the Lord is good:blessed is the man that trusteth in him."(kjv)I challenge you today to really get a taste of God,become active in His work. If you get thirsty remember that Gatorade don't have nothing on GOD-ADE!!!
"Father,we thank you for freely giving us water from your well.Your Holy Spirit can and will lead us and guide us into all truth.Help us to always remain thristy for your Word and your Spirit. In the mighty name of JESUS,Amen!!"
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