The Thirsty Helper.

“Anything that is thirsty will end up destroying what it was meant to help” and “Anyone who is thirsty will harm the people they were supposed to assist”. 

I was using a steam iron to iron my mum’s dress and there was no water in it. I knew I had to put water in it, but I didn’t, and I almost ruined her dress. That was when the Lord spoke these words to me.

 Jesus described Himself as the Living Water and He said if we drink of Him, we will never thirst again. How many times have you tried to help anyone when you hadn’t drunk of this water? How did it go? We can only help others when we stay connected to the One who sent us to them in the first place. Without water which represents the Word of God, we will end up leaving the people we wanted to help worse off than when we first met them. The Word of God transforms and renews us. It helps us to look beyond ourselves and to fix our eyes on the only One who can sustain us. We cannot give others what we don’t have. 

Imagine someone who is thirsty and has no water calling other thirsty people and insisting that he has what it takes to quench their thirst. Absurd right? Well, that is what it looks like when we try to help others when we ourselves do not have an intimate relationship with God. We just can’t give what we don’t have especially when we do not connect to the true Source of life.

Today, I just want to encourage us to seek His face. Spend some time with Him and I know that He’ll definitely speak. He desires to speak to us way more that we desire to speak to Him. If we truly want to be ambassadors of Christ and help others, it is of utmost importance that we drink this Living Water and become dispensers of His love, grace, and power. You are so loved!!

                                                              With much love,

                                                                      Rosaliz.