That last verse, round each habitation,
covering, see the cloud and fire appear. That's taken from Exodus
14 that says that fiery pillar and cloud, the cloud went before
them, the pillar of the cloud went before them, And it came
between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. It was
cloud and darkness to Egypt. But it gave light by night to
these children of Israel. Around each habitation of them. You get that? Around every believer. fiery killer. Go with me to Isaiah
55 now. Isaiah 55. Every time I read
this chapter, I believe I'm blessed. Aren't you? It's an urgent exhortation By
the Lord, he makes an exclamation here. It ought to get our attention.
Verse 1, Ho! Ho! Everyone that thirsteth,
the word Ho! I don't always look words up.
I don't see the need. The Lord has led men, English-speaking men,
to translate this well into our language. Generally, it's just
the best word. But if you reverse the letters, that's what it says in the original. Oh, everyone is thirsty. Oh,
we say that sometimes, don't you ever say, oh, in that respect. Oh, my. Oh, my. Everyone is thirsty.
The Lord Jesus Christ said this when he was on this earth. He
said, oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Remember that? Oh, That's the
word. Oh, Jerusalem cried. Not a cry
of frustration. Oh, no. Oh, no. He shall not
fail nor be even discouraged. But he said that for us. Oh,
Jerusalem. Oh, he said. Everyone that thirsteth. Everyone the Lord calls, they
hear this. It's an explanation from the
Lord. Oh, everyone, everyone, everyone, Jew or Gentile, male
or female, old, young, everyone that thirsts it. Everyone that
thirsts it. He says, Come ye, verse 1, to
the waters. Come on to the waters. I wish I could. I wish I could
preach. You know that. But man, it's impossible. It takes the spirit of God. The
spirit of God to put in our hearts and minds a hunger, a
thirst, a desire, an insatiable desire. Oh, have you ever spoken
to your children like that? We do it in frustration. Oh,
son, have you? Oh, honey. Oh, my. Why? Huh? Have you? You see him out there doing all
this and getting back in the thing? Oh, my. Oh, my. Won't you come? Would you listen
to that? That goes on to say, why?
Why? Why? Wherefore? Why are you doing,
spending yourself? When that what the father would
have said. That. Particle around maybe he
did say it before he left. He reckoned Nancy reckoned he
did I know we did it my father said to me son. Don't. See what he's saying this is
to his people tonight this is not God's not pleading with the
world. Here's the good news. Every single one of his sons,
they're going to hear this. And it's going to smite them.
It's going to prick them. And it's going to make them thirsty.
Like that prodigal John, the Lord's exclamation here is going
to eventually make them to know, I'm in the hog pen. And they're going to get hungry.
They've been eating. They're thinking they're happy. you know, with
bread, but it turns out to be husks. And they say, oh, and
then they say, oh, that I were in my father's house. And he
brings them home. Oh. Everyone, that thirst, thirst
is a good thing, you know that? Thirst is a real good thing.
Thirst is a sign of life. Thirst is a sign of life, like
so many other signs of life. I'm thirsty right now. Like so many other things, there's
signs of life. All manifest themselves if you're
alive. Sorrow. You cannot live without
being sorrowful at some point. Right? If you're alive physically,
you will sorrow. You will mourn. Right? Laughter. If you're alive, you're going
to laugh. At some point. Joy. Weeping.
Weeping. Moisture is a sign of life. David
keeps talking about his moisture dried up. And the moister you
are, the more it will leak out. It's a sign of life, weeping. And thirst is a sign of life.
Thirst, hunger, thirst. There's no thirst, there's no
life, is there? No life. No hunger, no life.
A newborn child. Here's the best illustration.
When a child is born, I don't understand this. This child,
I do, it's life. But, Jenny, they come out and
they're thirsty immediately, aren't they? Immediately. That's
all. They've been drinking, they've
been living in water for nine months, but yet, as soon as they're
born, they cry out. What's wrong? They're
thirsty. They're hungry. And there's one
thing that'll meet it. And they can live on that. I
get fat. Can a baby get fat on milk? A newborn child no sooner born
than it begins to hunger and thirst, so it is spiritually. This is a sign of life. You know,
somebody that's dead and trespassed in sin, no life, no Christ in
them. You beg them, plead them with
them and do whatever. We don't do that. But you try
and you're not going to get them to come to hear this gospel.
Right? You couldn't get me to come hear
this gospel at one time. I wasn't alive. I wasn't hungry
and thirsty. But when God Almighty. And this
is what I want for this message and every mess I want this is
what I want number one Nancy I want God to be honored his
word to be honored glorified Christ to be honored and glorified.
Secondly I want somebody to get thirsty. I want our children
I want God to just. Just smile. Like he did me like
he did you. And create in them a A hunger
and a thirst that nothing can meet. That's what it was. Go with me to John
chapter 4. Irene, let's go to John 4. Let's
look at a lady who the Lord created a thirst in. Shall we? John 4. You know there are many things
create thirst, don't they? Many things I thought about this
life is you're alive you're going to get thirsty guilt and fear.
Make you thirsty. I would ask that if I would call
anybody right now unexpectedly come up here and stand here and
just say something for 30 seconds. Your mouth would feel dry neatly. Right your tongue would cleave
the roof of your mouth. And you would wish you had the
bad district full of water to drink I know what I'm talking
about. Guilt fear fear. Here we'll do that guilt there
I guess this is true used to read this that some certain Native
American or Indian. Tried used to try to find out
the guilty party of something that somebody would steal something
or whatever and they would line up the suspects and they would
take a hot knife. And make them all stick the tongues
out. And play that knife on their
tongue. Go down to whoever was the most guilty. No You know
what I'm talking about? You ever been in a fearful situation?
I don't know if that's true or not, but it's a good illustration.
Sin and guilt make you thirsty. There's nothing else will. This
gospel here is for the thirsty, the sin riddled, the guilty,
the fearful, those that fear God. This gospel is the only
thing that will satisfy you, right? All that man-made stuff
we'll see in a minute maybe. That only what God has given
from above water comes from above. That's the only thing that will
meet this thirst. All this man-made stuff you can
have all the Gatorade you want. And I'm getting ahead of myself. John chapter four and overindulgence
will do it and running a race will make you thirsty and so
on and so forth. Hard work will make you thirsty.
All of which have applications. John 4, the Lord met this woman
at the well. You know the story, and if I'm
not careful, I won't be able to get away from it. Verse 4
said, He must needs go through Samaria. He must. I love that. Don't you? Must. He must needs
go through Samaria. Why? It's the shortest route?
No. He has a sheep that's not in
the fold. Other sheep he has, them he must
bring. And he's going after this one.
She must move to Rocky Mount. She must. She must bring this one and make
her thirsty. This is what he's going to do
to her. Make her thirsty. Make her thirsty. She's not thirsty
yet. She's going to be after he speaks
to her. Now, look at verses 4 through
6. It says, verse 5, he comes to
a city, Samaria. There was a parcel of ground
there. Jacob gave his son, Joseph. Jacob's
well was there. Yes, he is now, isn't he? Jacob's well, Jacob's God, Jacob's
Savior, Jacob's Lord is here now. Christ sat on the wheel about
the sixth hour, middle of the day, and there comes a woman
of Samaria. Here comes a woman. Boy, it's
her lucky day, isn't it? Oh, my. Look, there is no such
thing. This is one of those certain
women foreknown by this certain Lord before the world began. and had her name written on the
breastplate of his heart and the shoulders, his broad shoulders
and his mind engraved on the palms of his hand. He must bring
this American woman to himself. He came to call her, to save
her, to redeem her. He came and he sat and he waits
to be gracious. Remember that? Brother Cody's
message. He waits. Waiting on her. And he will not
be kept waiting. None of his people, none of his
bride have ever stood him up. They're coming. All that the
Father giveth me, I gotta go on. He's sitting there. And he says, verse 7, give me
to drink. This woman shows up right exactly
at the time, Kelly, when he said she would. Here she comes. And
he says, give me to drink. He does not ask her No, he does
not. Kings don't ask anybody, do they? Kings don't ask their servants,
they command them. He's calling this woman. He's
here to call this woman. There's no evidence that Stan
and he ever even took a drink. You know, it says, you ever thought
about this? I hadn't. It says he sat on the
well he was weary with his journey made himself weary margin said
it doesn't say he was thirsty. Does. It doesn't say he was thirsty.
I don't think he needed a drink. I don't think he needed to eat
food. One time they reminded him Lord you need to eat. I'm
eating. One time, though, John, he said,
I'm thirsty. One time. When? Hang on that
cross. When he's made us thirst. He never said that before. Isn't
that something? He had a well spring. He didn't
need this water. He wasn't asking. She did. She needed the water he had.
Didn't know. He didn't need and didn't ask.
She didn't know, she didn't ask. Oh, he says, she said, look at
verse nine. I like this. She, she said, how
is it that thou being a Jew askest drink of me, which I'm a one
of Samaritans. Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. He didn't ask
you. He didn't ask you. She's all confused, Robin. She's
an Armenian right now. See, she's an Armenian. She thinks
she has to do something for Jesus. Doesn't she, John? She thinks
that Jesus is asking her to let her have her away. She's an Armenian. She doesn't know this one. When this is all over, she's
going to be doing the asking. When this is all over, she's
going to be the beggar. How is it that you don't have
anything to draw with? You need me, don't you? If you knew, he said, look at
verse 10. Jesus' hand said, if you knew,
The gift of God, the gospel of God's grace, sovereign grace.
You knew what you were and what you needed and what you could
not do and what you're totally incapable of, who you are, where
you are, who I am, what I have, what I must give. If you knew
the gift that salvation is a gift, and this is not my text, but
if you knew, you would ask. I'm not asking. I'm here to make
you ask. See that? I'm here. You're not
thirsty. You're dead. I'm here to give
life. I've come that they might have
life. He's not coming asking. He's come giving. This is our
Lord, isn't it? He's not asking anybody to do
anything. He's coming to make them ask for him to do everything. Who cares if we get to Isaiah
55? This is good, isn't it? You like this, Irene? Well, you
heard it before. This is what you first heard,
wasn't it? Is it just as sweet now? Must be still thirsty. Must be still alive. This thirst is not a one-time
thing. When babies are born, they don't get thirsty and never
thirst again. It's a sign of life, all the way through. If you knew, you'd ask, and He
would give, He would give. Ask, you have not, because you
ask not. None call it for truth. Isn't that what He said in Isaiah
59? None call it for truth. If people are asking, give it
to them. I want to tell them that on the radio. Is anybody
interested out there in the truth? Huh? Is anybody thirsty? Anybody in religion that's tired
of this crap? I'll try my best to say that in those
very words. Anybody out there looking for
some sheep? Anybody? Ho! Everyone that's
thirsty, get out of this cesspool. We've got a whale. Several blessed, God-blessed
people have drunk deep from the well and keep drinking. It's
not by coincidence that this little building on top of this
hill, the well is 35 gallons a minute. When they dug a well out here,
35 gallons a minute. Rick, is that a gusher or what? While everybody else is running
dry, we can supply Franklin County. We got a well here, don't we?
We keep just dipping and dipping and dipping deeper, deeper, drinking
to it. We drink, we're all, our cups
run over. Go on, take it. Everyone, anyone thirsty?
Come, I've got lots of water. If you don't get enough this
time, come back. The well's there. I hope it'll
stay there. If we lose our thirst, maybe
it won't. It'll dry up. That happens to churches. Sure enough, it does. And so it ended up. Something happened to this woman. The Lord created a thirst in
her. And when it was all over, she said, Give me this water
that I don't have to come to this well anymore. And then she wanted to talk religion.
Remember, our father said, my dad was a Methodist. My grandfather,
he was a Presbyterian. You all say, he said, you don't
know what you believe or what you worship. And he revealed himself to her. Ah, she made him. He crashed
into the water of life. And her searching was over. It
was over. Everyone that first come to the
waters Our text says, come to the waters. And I didn't mean
to say it like that. It doesn't matter who. Get to Isaiah 55. You know, I got carried away. But everyone that thirsted. I'm
so thankful the Lord knows my prayer. The man of stammering lips, he
was speaking to this people. I'm so thankful. Come to the
waters. It says, waters. Christ said,
I'm the water of life. Why does he say waters? Because
this book here is like an ocean in its fullness of wisdom, glory,
and Gospel, full of gospel. We haven't even gone ankle deep. You and I have been doing this
together for a long 19 years, but we haven't skimmed the surface. It's like standing on the ocean,
or at the shore of the ocean, and you look out and say, what
a vast ocean. You can't even see. You don't even know. How big it is? Deep. There are deeper spots in the
ocean than Mount Everest. That's unbelievable to make it.
Life that man hasn't even discovered yet. This book is an ocean in
its fullness that is God. But Christ is that water. Many waters that make up the
water. You see? Many waters. Many words. But it's the Word. It's all about Christ, isn't
it? He said, they are they which
testify of me, the water of life. Many waters. Come ye to the waters,
he said, the waters. Nothing quenches and satisfies
thirst. I'm glad for your sake, I'm thirsty
this morning. My sake. Nothing satisfies like
water, does it? If you've ever labored heavily,
a long time, or felt that guilt, that fear I was talking about,
or overindulged in some things you shouldn't have overindulged
in, be it food or drink or whatever it is, doesn't that make you
thirsty? Nothing meets it like water, does it? No man-made substance
can meet it. Is it any wonder the Lord said,
I'm the water? I'm the water. I ask you, now
that like that woman at the well, now that the Lord has revealed
himself to you, what, tell me? As Brother Dan would say, pray
tell me. Who or what could possibly satisfy
you now? This is a good This is a good
test. Once you hear Christ, I mean
him, preach through your heart. And you've taken a long drink
by his grace. What's satisfying you now? What can you listen to? Who or
what can you hear? Nothing. No one. If you must
have this gospel, gospel of Christ, if you must, if you thirst, if
you have this thirst, oh, blessed are you. Blessed are they that
hunger and thirst. Blessed is the Father. Must be
one of the chosen. And this water, he says in our
text, it's free. He that hath no money, come,
eat, buy, and eat. We might look at bread, but I
don't know if we have time. He said, come, it's free, come
to the water. And over in Revelation 22, 17,
it says, let him that is a thirst. Spirit and a bride say, come.
You see, God creates the thirst. Spirit, Holy Spirit, in context
of the church, the gospel being preached, creates this thirst
to come. And him that is a thirst, that's
the rest of the people. They're thirsty too. And they
say, come. That's what we do. That's all we're doing is a bunch
of sinners telling other sinners where we got water and bread,
beggars. We got bread. And let him that
is a thirst. Come. Thirsty. Come. Come. He says. It's free. Whosoever will. They take the water of life. Remember, only thirst is required
and thirst is given. It's given. That's my hope as
a preacher. You know, that is my hope. It
really is. I'm so glad I've learned this,
that it's not up to me, not up to my ability to convey this,
not up to my emotions, not up to my abilities, not up to my
Diligence is not up to my vehemence. It's not up to my persuasion.
It's not up to me in any way, shape or form. It's up to that spirit,
not by my power, but by my spirit, say to the Lord. And if your
children, if you come, if your spouse, if anybody comes, God's
going to bring them. He's going to make them thirsty.
And until then, no amount of whatever is going to make them
thirsty. That's my company. Whosoever will, but God makes
them willing. Yea, come, he says in our text,
come. Either have no money, come, buy,
and eat. Well, why does he say buy if
it doesn't cost money? Huh? Come buy, he said, buy water,
wine, milk, without money, without price. See if I can, as my pastor
always says, make good on this. Well, it requires nothing from
us. This salvation requires no contribution on our
part. No wages. No works. Not by works of righteousness. No one is saved by works. Keep in the law. No trade-ins
either. It doesn't come by trade-in.
Turn over a new leaf. The other side's as bad as the
first. No, no, no, no. No bartering. No, no, no, no,
no. Don't barter. If you do this,
I'll do that. No, sir. No bargaining. It's free. This
salvation's free. For that. For that. Free. Not a free offer. No. No, no. Let me tell you, let
me ask you something. If you've ever been really thirsty,
if you've ever been really thirsty, worked real, real hard, and say
your wife or maybe your husband, you've worked real, real, real,
real hard, and they come to the door and say, honey, would you
like some water? Do they really have to offer
you water? Let me ask you this, have you
ever turned it down? I don't know how many times I've been
just hoping, wishing, praying, somebody bring me some water. Would you like it? Yes! God should
never ask. Huh? You don't, Sam, you don't
have to offer water to a thirsty man to eat. He'll come looking
for it. This gospel's not an offer. It's a proclamation, and everyone
whom the king makes thirsty, they come begging. Thirsty. And it's free. It's free. But he says buy it. Why? Because
it costs somebody something. A great price. It costs the Lord
Jesus Christ his life, his precious blood. Redemption's price is
Christ's precious blood. We're not redeemed with our corruptible
things, our vain conversation, such as silver and gold and works
and so forth. We're not redeemed with it, but
with a precious blood of the Lamb. It took Him 33 years to
work this out. We're not saved by our works.
It took the Son of God 33 years to work it out. Morning, noon, and night. In
thought, word, and being. He was working out our salvation. It doesn't cost us a dime. We're
not going to contribute a dime. But it cost him everything, John,
didn't it? A great cost. And see, he gives us the price. Faith. This is what faith does.
Faith merely brings the price. Now, he read the article. Doesn't
make it effectual. That's not what I'm saying. What
I'm saying is that God gives this faith in Christ. And we
come to God by Him. We say, Lord, this is the cost. This is what it took to purchase
my redemption. I didn't contribute. Christ did
it all. He gave me this price. What does God require? Keeping
the law perfectly. We can't. Christ did. So we come
by faith saying, here, would you accept this? Yes. That's what faith is. That's
what faith is. Come, buy it. But you didn't
earn the money. You didn't earn the price, did
you? That makes sense. But somebody once said, what
does salvation cost? Nothing from us, but all of us. All of us. A whole man. Faith, so faith
comes. And what time did I start? He
says, come by wine and milk also. Water, wine, and milk. These
three things are God-given things. All three of them. God-given
things. Spoken of often throughout the
scriptures. Often. God-given thing, God-ordained
thing, good things, the best things, the three best drinks
on earth. That's right. That's right. That's what God said. Water,
wine, and milk. Wine which maketh glad the heart. And He said it's for feasting. What is that? Well, you know,
wine of this world will leave you just thirsty for more and
get you in trouble and all that. But now we're talking, what we're
talking about is Christ. See, all these things are Christ.
Water is Christ. Wine is Christ. Milk is Christ. Bread is Christ. We were over
there at Jacob's well, weren't we? That's Christ. He's the well. He's the water. He's Christ. He's all and in all.
Wine, which maketh glad the heart. There's nothing. People are looking
for happiness. People are looking for joy. People
are looking for gladness. People are looking for satisfaction.
Forget it. It's not anywhere to be found.
Solomon said, I've tried it all. Read Ecclesiastes. Read it all,
Proverbs. Read it. He said, I've tried
it all, so it's full of nobody could try it like I did, Solomon
said. What was his conclusion? Vanity. Try it all. It's vanity, he said. All is
vanity. He said, it's the one thing that
makes your heart Glad to take a big, long drink of this wine
on the leaves, well refined, which is Christ and everything. Man! Anybody thirsty? Make your
peace, too, won't you? Make your peace in laughter.
Huh? Oh, you hear Christ, the good
news, you'll laugh. That's one of my favorite songs.
When the Lord heard again our captivity, we were like them,
the dreams in our mouths were filled with laughter. And we
said, the lord of the great things for us where we're glad let's
have a party. Wednesday night we rejoiced over
one sinner that repented. Heaven does. Wine that maketh glad and merry,
wine that's for thine often infirmities. Didn't the scripture say that?
Take a little bit of your often infirmities, Timothy. You talk
about infirmities. How about you? Anybody? Anybody just infirm with sin? Often infirm with sin? Take a little wine. You know
how infirm you are? Take a lot of wine. Huh? Sinner? That's why this gospel
ceases to be sweet to people. They lost their first love. They're rich and increased with
good, haven't they? They're not hungry and not thirsty. That's
why. Why do people fall asleep on the sound of the gospel? Full! I've never fallen asleep at the
table when I was hungry. Never! Have you? It's not funny. It's just sad.
The church at Laodicea missed Christ because they were rich and increased
with goods. The church at Ephesus, a large
part of them, missed Christ. Why? The gospel ceased to be
their first love. They'd heard it all before, and
they got gospel hardened, and he took it away. And the same
thing has happened right before our eyes in this generation.
And it can happen in this little place. And it will. At some point, it
will. It will. I hope it doesn't while
my daughter's here. My granddaughter. I hope it doesn't.
I hope God doesn't put something
pale on my beard. And I hope it doesn't. But it will. It always has. It always has. Why are we different? Hungry? Thirsty? I'm serious. Oh, see how I start, oh. Oh! See how I started that way, Nancy?
Oh! I look at people all the time
that I preach to, really. Really. I think, oh. Come buy wine and milk. Milk. The Lord called his word the
breasts of consolation. He said, come sit on my knee,
and I'll dangle you, and I'll feed you. And you just suck the
breasts of consolation until your heart's content, until you're
so fat and full, your soul is fat and full, you just lie there
and Like my granddaughter. What's she saying? She's making
a joyful noise. I'm just having a good time. Breasts of milk, oh isn't milk
wonderful? Isn't it wonderful? a sincere
milk of God's Word. One of the old writers said,
not this watered down 2% stuff. Evidently, they used to serve
it back then. Tried to pawn it off on some of the skim milk.
He said, skimming the cream off the top. You don't want any skim
milk, he said. Give me the fat stuff. Cream. Pure milk. You know, most people
don't want this milk. Huh? You run into anybody that
really wants to to hear what God has to say. Do you? I don't. Except when I come in
here. I run into people that love milk.
Whole milk. Pure milk. Sincere milk. They
can't seem to get enough of it. And the same milk that you've
been drinking since the day you were born again. Huh? It's the same. Isn't this the
same? Which you first heard? The beginning
of your conflict, here in the end it's the same, same deal. And you grow that way. You grow,
oh I pity, and I hope some of these people will hear this somehow,
some way. I hope you hear it. I hope I
hear it. You can't grow without this. You can't grow. And you can't feed on tapes. You can't feed on CDs. No sir. Can't do it. I can't, I've never in my life
drunk a picture of milk, a picture, a photo of milk. You can't get any satisfaction.
I've got my granddaughter, my daughter's picture, my wife's
picture, your picture is everywhere. And I look at him and I enjoy
looking at him and all, but that doesn't satisfy me. I got to have a warm body. A
face to look at. Presence. That's what he said
in Psalm 42. He said, thy presence. I'll praise
you for the help of your countenance. His presence is salvation. That's
what it is. For two or three are gathered
in my name, I'm going to be there. It's me. It's me to hook up to. Speak to. Oh, my. I've got to
quit. And bread. He says bread. Man doesn't live by bread alone.
That is physical bread. The bread of this world. But
Christ said all the way. I've just read John 6 again.
All the way through. We want to look at it. We don't
have time. Read it for yourself. That's
where Christ said I am that bread. He kept saying over and over
again. I am that bread. Moses didn't give you that bread. My Father gave you that. I am
the true bread. The bread of life. He that eateth
me and drinketh me shall never hunger, never thirst. I am the
bread of life, Christ said. Delightful, soul satisfying in
our text says diligently and eat that which is good and you'll
delight your soul. It can fatten us. You know when our Lord said,
and I quit with this, when our Lord said to that woman, he that
drinketh this water that I give him shall never thirst again. Speaking of himself, he said,
this water, the water of this world will leave you thirsty,
but he that drinketh the water that I give him shall never thirst
again, but will be a wellspring springing up unto everlasting
life. It'll be there. It's life of God in the soul
of man. It's Christ in you. That's why I said he didn't need
physical water. But anyway, did that mean, now
listen carefully, does that mean that that woman never, she didn't
want a home, didn't want family, didn't want Never did desire
a husband or never did. She didn't have a husband at
the time. She's married with a low life. She was living with
a fella in sin. The other woman, he said, go
and sin no more. So she didn't. She said, we can't
do this. But anyway, does that mean she
never desired a husband? Never wanted, you know, a home
or all of that, never thirsty, never have any desire for any
of these things again. No. These things are God-given, you
know that? God-given all, just richly, all things to enjoy. Read Ecclesiastes. We've looked
at it together several times. He said there's nothing better
for a man than he, you know, enjoy the wife of his youth and
work hard and enjoy it. Don't let religion tell you different. A new earth is going to be created
and we're going to be doing much the same thing we're doing now. What he's saying is that you
won't have this insatiable, unquenchable, all-consuming desire for these
things. There's nothing wrong with wanting
a husband. Wanting a wife. Nothing wrong
with that. It's not good that man should be alone. Right? This
is of God. Either obtaineth the wife, obtaineth
favor from the Lord. It's a good thing. These things
are good. But not if they consume you. Not if you just thirst and can't
get enough. You see, thirst is something
you just can't get. You've got to keep, got to keep,
got to keep. When Christ comes and gives you a thirst for Him
and then fills that need by indwelling you and coming in you and giving
you this life of God in your soul, you know, you still keep
thirsting for Him, don't you? You take a long drink and you
say, oh, I love this. This is what I've been looking
for. Right? This is who? This woman, Robin,
that woman went home and said, We found him! Yeah, right. But she did, Robin. She went
home to all her family and said, Is not this to come see a man? I've seen a man. I've drunk. She left her water pot. Robin,
she never got a drop of water in that bucket. She left it all.
She came to get water. She left it all. Water and all. She found the water. It was in
her. She said, went home and said,
come, you got to come drink. was her great desire. That's what he said. That's what
he said. You never thirst again. As a matter of fact, the older
you get, The more of these things will just start to lose your
taste. That's right. But if you're dying,
you'll sure lose your taste. And never thirst again. We keep thirsting, as we said,
for Christ. We never lose that thirst for
this gospel. Something bad wrong. Keep thirsting
but you keep coming back to the same source. And have the same. Fulfillment. And nothing else. No. That's what. All right Wednesday night where
I'm preaching from. As a 55. Second Samuel seven second
Samuel twenty three. some eighty nine. Come back. And we'll look at
the sheer mercy of the day. Fine year. You'll get the sheer
mercy of the day. Okay. Go to gate. Let's turn to hymn number 291
and stand together. We'll sing the first and second
verse. 291. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but Thou art mighty. Hold me with Thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more. Lead me till I want more. One more second at the last.
Open now the crystal fountain whence the healing stream doth
flow. Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through. Bye.