Drought conditions continue to prevail over North Georgia. The huge man-made reservoirs of Lake Lanier and Lake Altoona which supply the metropolitan area have become dangerously dry. Millions of people are reduced to getting their water for drinking from the little depth that remains in the bottom of these lakes. This water has a high concentration of pollutants and decaying organic matter. Unless this area soon experiences significant rainfall, the situation will grow extremely dangerous.
North Georgia might be experiencing drought conditions for the past several months, but from one end of the globe to the other this world has been experiencing spiritual drought for a lot longer!
When sin entered the world, humanity became separated from God, the one true source of spiritual refreshment. If we were without spirits, we might be able to live in a state of separation from God, but because we were created spiritual beings, we need God as much as we need the air we breathe and the water we drink. Without Him we will perpetually suffer from a drought in our souls.
The human race is needy by nature. Yet millions are in denial of their greatest need of all-a personal relationship with their Creator. The only way to end the drought in our souls is to come home to God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Those who receive the Lord Jesus as Savior are able to drink from the fountain which will never run dry. Speaking of the water we need to quench our bodies’ thirst, the Lord said, “Whosoever [drinks] of this water shall thirst again,” but speaking of the spiritual water which He has to give, He said, “But whosoever [drinks] of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be...a well of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:1414But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:14)). What a wonderful transformation takes place in the life of a person who turns by faith to the Savior and his parched soul drinks deeply of the living water.
The Lord Jesus alone can give us living water because He is both God and man in the same person. He was always, and will be always, God. But He became a man also, and from the manger to the cross we can trace the life of the only perfect, sinless man who ever lived. As man He could give His life a sacrifice for sin; as God that sacrifice has unlimited power to cancel out the guilt of sin. As man He might sit, weary from a long walk, on the edge of a well in Samaria; as God He has the power to give living water that springs up into everlasting life as a free gift to all who believe on Him.
He invites us all to receive this free gift. With Him we can drink from the well of living water freely. Since God Himself is the source, the supply will never run dry.
Without Him we can only drink the dregs from the dried-up pools of a world gone astray. These waters have a high concentration of soul-destroying pollutants such as atheism, moral relativism, skepticism, cynicism, and many more. The end will be as bitter as death. They have such a high density of these particles floating around in them that they could never give refreshment to a man made in God’s image.
The Governor of Georgia, Sonny Perdue, realizes his state is headed toward a catastrophe if the drought doesn’t end soon. The Atlanta region will not have water for nearly three million inhabitants. As a “last resort,” he has called for a day of prayer to end the crisis. Those who live without faith in Christ are headed for an immense crisis too. If they pass out of this world without ever having come to Christ, their drought condition will persist throughout the ages of eternity. Cast out of God’s presence, they will never experience His goodness or mercy again. They will not find so much as a drop of water to quench their thirst in hell. The “last resort” of prayer will be ended forever.
Will you come to Christ so that you never have to drink from the dregs of this world again? “Let him who is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Rev. 22:1717And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:17)). Only in Christ can a person find eternal life and quench the spiritual thirst we all possess. “This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (John 17:33And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)).