Let's carry on looking at the words from this little bridge section of John Barnett's song.
Your name is like honey on my lips
Your Spirit like water to my soul.
A Thirst for God
That's Psalm 63:1, which says, “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek You; I thirst for You, my whole being longs for You, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”
For me, this verse has always reminded me that if I'm drinking too deeply from the things of the world, I've probably gone spiritually thirsty. Very much like what we were talking about yesterday with the honey.
Broken Cisterns vs Living Water
The world is a dry and parched place with no lasting water. In fact, Jeremiah the prophet put it so well. Jeremiah 2:13, capturing the words of God, who said, “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken Me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”
I think that's a pretty accurate description of life. We have a way of forsaking the spring of living water, which is God, and digging our own little worlds that can't actually hold anything of value.
Let me ask you, is God's Spirit like water to your soul? Well, it will be if you quench your thirst on Him. Jesus said that He is the living water.
Friends, don't commit the sins that the prophet was complaining about here. Let's not forsake the spring of living water — Jesus, as we've been singing this whole week — but let's find our satisfaction and let's quench our thirst in Him, because only He can really fill our souls with the joy and the peace and the love that we are seeking and that we need.
Paul warns Timothy about teachers who love quarrels about words, and the warning matters even more in the age of social media. Before you share, forward or follow anything this week, ask whether it points you to Jesus or simply stirs up strife.