Thirst For God

(From the “Daily Reflections” of Sr. Vassa Larin)

“Let whoever who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.“ (Rev. 22:17)

This is a passage about desire and thirst at the end of the Book of Revelation; at the very end of the New Testament.

We have many, varying desires and wants and needs every day. At times there is unfulfilled desire and unfulfilled ambition. Sometimes I can’t even identify what it is that I desire. It’s just a hole in my heart.

Let me identify that it is God, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, Who is lacking in my heart. Let me take small steps, in brief, daily prayer, to ask Him to come and abide in me, so that I may not thirst like this, constantly. Let me hear Jesus say to me, as He says to the Samaritan woman, “whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (Jn 4:14) Because I can take this water “freely,” as did she. Not because I am “worthy,” or for any other reason. But because I desire it, and ask for it, as did she.

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