Thirsting for Abundant Life

No heart is too dry for His touch. ~Max Lucado

I've been struggling today -- trying to write a blog that usually writes itself.  I started several, put them on the back burner for later because they just don't seem right.  And then God just plops a new book (released August 30th) into my lap and there it was -- my topic.  As with so many of my posts, I write where God is speaking to me.

Mark Hall, lead singer for Casting Crowns, wrote "The Well: Why Are So Many Still Thirsty?"  I'm having a hard time putting this book -- er, Kindle -- down.  Hall asks the question, "Why are so many so close to the Well and still so thirsty?" After telling the powerful story of the Woman at the Well and her encounter with Jesus, the chapters deal with the "wells" we go to -- success, talent, control, favor, religion -- instead of drinking thirstily and consistently in the well of God.  And in doing so, our thirst is never quite quenched.

As believers we do the right things.  We read our Bibles, pray, go to church several times a week.  But in between, instead of finding our identity in the well of God, we dip in other holes.  The first  hole is control.  How many times do we tell God exactly how to work out our "situations?"  Instead of living abundant life, we settle for life.  We fill our bucket from the well of control, leaving no room for the miracle God would like to perform. 

That's as far as I've read -- more than enough for food for thought -- and prayer.  God's well holds so much more than salvation.   It holds abundant life -- the life I thirst for.  If you are thirsty, come to The Well.

Like the woman at the well, I was seeking
For things that could not satisfy;
And then I heard my Savior speaking:
“Draw from My well that never shall run dry.”