August 16 & 17, 2025 – What Do You Thirst For?

What Do You Thirst For?

August 16 & 17, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     People in America drink many different types of drinks. Coffee and pop seem to be among the favorites. I believe that is partially because of the caffeine. However, soda pop is also chosen by many because of its sweet taste. People love the sensations that come with the taste of things. We like the taste of things that are sweet, tart, sour, or bitter, all different kinds of flavors. Ask a kid if he would rather have an ice cube or a Popsicle. He will choose the   Popsicle every time. Why? Well, it is what his brain says he WANTS. It is part of that self-satisfaction drive we all seem to have.

 

     However, things change a bit when you really get thirsty. I am not talking of the “I could use a drink” kind of thirst. I am talking about the “I have been working all day in the sun without anything to drink” thirst. It is that my mouth is dry, and I need a drink badly thirst. The kind of thirst that makes you feel as if you have been in a desert for a few days. Now what do you want? Do you want some thick, syrupy, fruity drinks? No, my friend, you want WATER! Why? It is not because it is what you want, but because your body is telling you it is what you desperately NEED.

 

     That is the kind of thirst you need when you come to God. Not a passing type of thirst, saying, “Oh, God looks good, I think I will try Him for a while.” You need a thirst for God that says, “God, I need you. I will give my life to have you as you gave your life to have me. Use me as you see fit, as I realize you are the one and only LIVING GOD.” Now that is a thirsty soul. You do not need God to be just what you want; you need Him to be everything you require in life.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

    Take a moment today to drink from the fountain of real life. Jesus is that Spring of Living Water that never runs dry.

 

What Do You Thirst For?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself what MY THOUGHTS are concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  August 16, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
Isaiah 6-10 / Psalm 42-43
Proverbs 16 / Luke 8

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Psa. 65-68  /  Rom. 9

 

WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY:

 

    There will not be a Daily Devotion sent out on Sundays. Instead, we encourage you to attend your church and listen intently to what God has prepared in the heart of your Pastor. Write down all the scriptures he uses in that message, then, when you get home, re-read those passages for today’s reading. God has given your Pastor exactly what He desires for you on that day.  

 

GOD TALKING TO ME:  August 17, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)}
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY