If you are among those who are ‘Thirsty Souls,’ then you have a thirst for pure, refreshing, truly satisfying ‘Living Waters!’
Thirsty Souls are looking for a refreshing that reaches into our inner-most-being. We yearn for clean, undefiled things.
Thirsty Souls are looking for the things that are permanently satisfying and do not fade away.
Can we find such things — pure, clean, undefiled Living Waters that satisfy Thirsty Souls?
The written Scriptures [the Bible] reveal, as we saw in The Fountain of the Water of Life, that Yahushua Messiah [the Hebrew name for Jesus Christ] is The Source! He is the One who has the true, pure, refreshing ‘Living Waters.’
Yahushua Messiah [Jesus Christ] is the One who has the Words of Eternal Life (John 6:68)! He gives the answer:
He [Yahushua Messiah] said … “To him who thirsts, I will give of the Fountain of the Water of Life freely.” (Revelation 21:6b)
When we receive Yahushua’s [Jesus’] Water of LIFE then our thirsty souls will begin to know TRUE satisfaction!
How do we receive His Living Water? We acknowledge Him as the Son of God, we receive Him (be ‘Born of God’), we talk to Him, and we begin to learn and respect His Word [the Bible]!
Can I help the flow of Living Waters?
My thirst for the ‘Living Waters’ is very strong! What more can I do to help the flow of His Living Waters?
Here are three TIPS that have been helpful for me in satisfying my thirsty soul.
First Tip – Be confident in God’s love for you.
- …Yahushua Messiah loved us, and gave Himself for us! (Galatians 2:20b)
It may seem unusual to consider this as satisfying our thirsty soul. Yet I have learned that knowing God’s remarkable love and forgiveness is major step to satisfying my thirsty soul.
We all need a confident conviction that Yahuwah Elohim [the Hebrew name for the LORD God] loves ME personally! The Bible assures us, over and over, that God loves each one of us immensely! Each one of us is the very special ‘pearl of great price‘ that Messiah gave everything He had to purchase us (Matthew 13:45-46)! He is with each one of us to help us and support us! Yet alas, I struggle with this at times.
When I was first Born-Again, God’s love for me was overwhelming! Father God revealed Himself to me personally. He gave me such a powerful revelation of Himself that I know I will never deny His existence!
- [If you are not sure that you are Born-Again, and have not personally received God’s Son, then please see the brief article: Good News.]
Yahuwah [the LORD] is my only True Source of satisfaction! However, sometimes, when I am weak and discouraged, I struggle to be confident of His love.
I am starting to understand that being confident of Yahuwah’s love is a big help in trusting Him. Learning of my heavenly Father’s extravagant love helps me believe and obey His Words! When I’m confident of His love, then my faith is strong!
One thing that prevents us from being confident of God’s love is a deep, inner feeling of not being wanted. Some of us, in our childhood, experienced a strong fear that we were not genuinely loved. This was one of my problems that required deliverance from a spirit of rejection.
Yahuwah’s love for me was very evident at that time when I gained the deliverance I needed. I was then able to understand Father’s great love for me in a better way. Little by little, I have matured, becoming more confident that truly, I am “accepted in the Beloved One” (Ephesians 1:6), and that God’s love for me is never-ending (Jeremiah 31:3)!
- [If you struggle with ‘rejection’, please see the links listed below.]
Father’s Unfailing Love
Even though at times, we are weak, discouraged, and unlovable, the heavenly Father’s love for us is bigger than our failings and weaknesses! In spite of everything, He continues to love us! His very nature is LOVE!
Father God wants to help us in every way!! As we mature, growing more faithful to His written Word, then little by little, we will be enabled to put away our fears. But we need to be responsible by maintaining our openness with Father, and always “Get Back Up!” after we fail. Crying out to Him for His help is central to maintaining our relationship with Him, and thus knowing His grace in helping us!
With Father’s help, we can remain open and honest with Him, and trust His love and strength to preserve us (1John 1:9 and Psalms 121:7).
We should not ignore however, our responsibility to confess our faults to Yahuwah [the LORD] personally. It is important to maintain a clean heart and an upright spirit by confessing our faults and sins in our secret prayer times.
God’s love does not mean we can be lazy. But Father knows our frame and understands our weaknesses. He bears with our failings with tenderness, compassion, and patience (Psalms 86:15-16).
And, Father gives us the Holy Spirit for the purpose of helping us in our weaknesses:
… the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost… (Titus 3:4-5)
As this verse teaches, it is the kindness and love of our Saviour Yahushua Messiah [Jesus Christ], who washes us, renews us, and thereby grows us up! The Holy Spirit is always at work within us to help us in every way!
We can ask Father to open our eyes to see more clearly His abundant kindnesses that surround us, to see His abundant provision for us!
Furthermore, cultivating a grateful, thankful attitude is another very important way to help us recognize Father’s love for us! Acknowledging the ‘little’ wonderful mercies of God within our personal lives by being thankful will encourage our confidence in His love for us.
“Rather than praying for my needs, I began to thank God continuously for all He had already provided. Giving thanks did more to strengthen my faith than asking for things!” — Lydia Prince
Being confident of Father’s love is the first step to satisfying our thirsty soul. To maintain our confidence, we must continue to maintain our relationship with Him, by seeking Him regularly through our secret prayer times, and the reading of His Word.
Confidence in Father’s love helps us be more open with Him about our inner-most secrets because we learn that He knows us so well! And, He regards each one of us as His dearly beloved child! Being confident of Father’s love helps us be content, accept our circumstances, and better able to love others.
Our confidence assures us of This Very Thing . . .
— He who has begun a good work in me, will perform it until the day of Yahushua Messiah [Jesus Messiah] (Philippians 1:6)!
Second Tip – Be Humbly Sincere – Be Sincerely Humble
- That ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ… (Philippians 1:10)
If we are to satisfy our thirsty souls, then we need to develop behaviour that is humbly sincere and sincerely humble.
Sincerity and Humility — you can’t have one without the other! They are the two wheels on the ‘bicycle’ of the ‘Love for the Truth.’ Having a love for the truth puts us on the pathway to satisfying our thirsty soul.
As we saw in The Holy Spirit Will Guide You Into All Truth the Holy Spirit’s mission is to guide us into all truth. If we want the Holy Spirit’s guidance, then we need to cultivate a love for the truth. However, loving the truth can only be obtained and maintained by patient humility and sincerity.
Everyone longs for and searches for the truth. This is exactly the way Yahuwah [the LORD] wants it! However, finding truth begins with being honest to myself:
Behold, You [Yahuwah] desire truth in the inward parts (Psalms 51:6)
Father’s focus is the motives of our heart! That is why He desires that we speak the truth in our heart!
Honesty within myself builds humility. Dishonesty within myself needs to be recognized. It takes an inner commitment to myself and to God, to stop being dishonest within my heart, stop excusing my bad behaviour and motives.
If I am not sincere with myself or with others, then my pride prevents me from recognizing the truth about myself. Insincerity only ends with my pride twisting the truth to suit my self-important opinion of myself.
If we are a ‘Thirsty Soul’ looking for the Living Waters, then our most important character qualities need to be sincerity and humility! These qualities are vital in our relationship with Yahuwah [the LORD]. If we are not sincere, not genuine — if we do not really mean what we say to Father — then everything else we do will be useless!
“In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart.” — John Bunyan
I’m beginning to learn that being sincere and humble takes practice and courage!
Sometimes, I’m not willing to be humble or sincere because it means admitting my sin. Nevertheless, by Yahuwah’s mercy and grace, if I cry out to Him for help, He gives me victory in these areas. Father is more than willing to give me the ‘good things’ I need, especially whenever I ask His help to be sincere and humble (Matthew 7:11).
Third Tip – Spend Time with Yahuwah [the LORD] in Prayer.
- Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Philippians 4:6)
Having a private time of prayer and reading God’s Word is another essential step to satisfying our thirsty soul. We need to give Yahuwah devoted time each day! As the above verse teaches, in order to pray about every thing, we need to spend time with Him every day.
The morning and evening sacrifices were offered each day (Exodus 29:39 and Numbers 28:4). In that same way of a daily sacrifice, we also need to have a daily time of giving ourselves to God.
By daily reading/studying God’s Word, and praying [in the name of His Son, Yahushua (Jesus)], we are drinking in the Living Waters, feeding upon His Living Bread from heaven: … give us, day by day, our daily bread (Luke 11:3)
Each day is an opportunity for us to present ourselves as a living sacrifice unto Yahuwah (Romans 12:1-2). This is a secret to being confident of His love and His grace. Without times of seeking our Master in secret prayer, we become shallow, and our walk with Father becomes foggy. Then our thirsty soul becomes parched and dry.
Time each day with Father God helps us maintain our sincerity and our obedience. Presenting ourselves to God each day strengthens us against walking in our own carnal wisdom or soulish desires. Time in sincere prayer helps us shed the little selfish motives that can creep into our hearts. But we need to down-size our activities in order to have the time needed to be with Father!
If we are truly honest with ourselves and with God, then by our prayer times, we are more able to hear the guiding whispers of His Holy Spirit. Our secret prayer time helps us be more willing to allow the Holy Spirit to do His cleansing work in us, and thus be more obedient to His Word. And time with God refreshes our thirsty soul.
Let’s look at what others have said about this:
“We are richly rewarded for waiting on God day by day! I was determined to wait upon God only, and not work an unscriptural deliverance for myself. The important point for the strengthening of our faith is that when the trial of our faith comes, we let God work for us. Give God time to work for you!” — George Mueller
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“A lot of people read books on prayer rather than pray. I tell you, the people who pray are the ones who end up on top! Men who know how to pray come out on top! When all the dust settles, the one who prays stands victorious.” — Derek Prince
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“God does everything by prayer, and nothing without it.” — John Wesley’s summary of Philippians 4:6
- (For helpful tips on prayer see: Three Tips For Persevering In Prayer.)
Staying Close to God
These three tips are a very brief overview of things we can do to satisfy our thirsty soul. We stay close to our heavenly Father when:
- we are convinced that He loves us abundantly;
- we keep our heart tender through sincerity and humility;
- we have a regular time of open, honest prayer.
As we saw in Where Can I Find Help In My Time of Need?, it takes humility and a softness of heart to cry out with our voice to the Lover of Our Souls, asking Him to help us! We do not have to say much. Our words do not need to be fancy. But we do need to say something to Father each day, from our hearts — something genuine. Just say what you think.
“Blessed are they who attain to genuine, unreserved communication with God.” — Francois Fenelon
Staying close to Father God is the secret to a victorious life. It is the secret to satisfying our thirsty soul.
May each one of us maintain our first love, by seeking Him regularly, obeying His written Word, with a true and sincere heart. In this way, Father can satisfy our thirsty soul!
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Related Articles:
- Is God Upset With Me? – an article that was a big help for me
- How To Overcome Rejection
- Abiding in His Love
- Trusting in Yahuwah With All Your Heart – Part One
- Video: God’s Love Letter For You
- How Do I Receive God’s Forgiveness For My Sins?
- When We Are Weak – remembering Father’s purposes in choosing us
- The Way of the LORD
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Thank you for this.
Thank you, Charis, for your visit and your comment.
Blessings to you and your household!
Deborah