Vol. 15
No. 2
Dear Friend,
On hot summer days, it is easy to find ourselves growing thirsty.
The
psalmist wrote, "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you O' God" (Psalm
42:1 NIV).
A
growing thirstiness for God, an
increasing longing to know God, to enjoy His presence and His love, and to
serve Him are evidences of a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
It
is God's intent to make us spiritually thirsty and to satisfy that thirst with
Christ and Christ alone.
Central
to our life with Christ is that we discover in
Him is life. A vacation may renew you for a couple of weeks. Jesus Christ will sustain you for a lifetime.
During these summer
days, I urge you to stir up that spiritual thirstiness in you and then quench
that thirst with Jesus Christ by means of
worship and his Word.
Commit
yourself to worship in church. Be there every Sunday you are physically able to
attend.
God
designed the Sabbath to be a weekly meeting with him all year round. Don't take a vacation from the number one
priority of your life.
Enjoy
some special times of Bible reading and reflection during the summer.
The
summer is a good time to practice Psalm
23. Go to a park or scenic place where you can literally "lie down in a
green pasture" or sit beside some still waters. There you may read your Bible and allow God's
Spirit to restore your soul.
E. Stanley Ott
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