I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.
Isaiah 44:3
"When a believer has fallen into a low,
sad state of feeling,
he often
tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and
doleful fears.
Such is not the way to rise from the dust, but to
continue in it.
Are you this morning
thirsting
for the living God,
and unhappy because
you cannot find him
to
the delight of your heart?
Have you lost the joy of religion, and is
this your prayer, "Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation"?
Are you conscious also that you are barren, like the dry ground; that you are not bringing forth the fruit unto God which He has a right to expect of you; that you are not so useful in the Church, or in the world, as your heart desires to be? Then here is exactly the promise which you need, "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty."
All the riches of divine grace you shall receive in plenty; you shall be as it were drenched with it: and as sometimes the meadows become flooded by the bursting rivers, and the fields are turned into pools, so shall you be-the thirsty land shall be springs of water."
Charles Spurgeon
