Today's promise: God will help you
understand His Word
The living Word
Jesus knew that
everything was now finished, and to fulfill the Scriptures he said, "I am
thirsty."
John 19:28 NLT
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
Mark 6:41-43 NLT
Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
As though didst break the loaves beside the sea;
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord;
My spirit pants for Thee, O Living Word!
Mary Artemisia Lathbury
Bread of Life
One of the women who
lingered at the foot of the cross had once known thirst that ordinary water
couldn't quench. She had been an outcast among her peers.…She had a great need,
and nothing could fill the emptiness , the void within her. Then came the day
when she met Jesus. Although her accusers had already given up on her and would
readily have stoned her, Jesus saw her need, and rather than give up on her, he
faced her accusers and saved not only her life but her soul as well. From that
moment forward, Mary Magdalene was a devoted disciple of Christ, following him
even to the foot of a brutal cross. When Jesus cried out in thirst, the
soldiers mistook it for weakness of the flesh and thrust sour wine to his lips.
What they didn't comprehend is that Jesus' words were a declaration of his
completion of his Father's work. He was thirsty because he was being poured out
as an offering, not only for the grateful woman who knelt at this feet but also
for generations of people to come.
JESUS, you poured out
your life like an offering and gave me living water that saved and restores my
soul. Help me to take that same living water and extend it to those around me
who are thirsty. Please us me to reach out to the abandoned, the scorned, the
unlovable, with your sacrificial love.
Adapted from The One Year® Book of Praying through the Bible
by Cheri Fuller, Tyndale House Publishers (2003), entry for May 31.
Digging Deeper: For more on salvation, read < Word. living the meet to page? sacred beyond>
If you have never been
hurt by a word from God, it is probable that you have never heard God speak.
AMY CARMICHAEL
AMY CARMICHAEL
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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