Shallow Substitute
Idolatry Is A Shallow Substitute For Christ
"But the water that I shall give him will become in him a foundation of water springing up into everlasting life."
God doesn't just give us satisfaction. Rather than giving us water, He establishes in us a fountain of living water.
That's why Jesus said in John 7:37-38, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
He who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart flows rivers of living water."
Imagine that you are adrift in a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean.
Your tongue clings to the roof of your mouth, your throat is parched, and your lips are cracked and bleeding.
You're dying for a drink of water while surrounded by it. The problem is, if you give in to the temptation,
if you lean over the side of the boat and gulp down mouthfuls of that water, you will feel an immediate
sense of relief and satisfaction that will be quickly followed by a ravaging thirst that is far worse than what you had before.
That's what we're facing in our world today-especially here in America. It's as though we were in a boat surrounded
by what looks like refreshing, thirst-quenching water, but it's full of salt. Everything outside of God in Christ is saltwater,
and only leaves you thirstier than you were before. (parts of this is taken by the book "Gospel Treason" by Brad Bigney)
It is easy to pursue things that I think make up the "good life" list.
God is not saying don't buy a new car or seek the new whatever it may be. Enjoy these things
but do not live for them, it won't satisfy,
Enjoy them.
Thank God for them.
Only God can satisfy.
Until next time. Pam
