If you get thirsty enough, water is all you can think about. My severest thirst occurred during a practice war game in the mountains of Nevada when I was in the Marine Corps. After hours of hiking above eight thousand feet, my legs gave out due to the absence of oxygen. Along with that, I was out of water. Lying on the ground thinking I might die, another Marine casually walked by and tossed a canteen full of fresh water over to me. I mumbled, “Thank you!” Whoever he was, he did not turn around, but kept on moving forward to give other Marines the lifeline of water. It was the greatest drink of water of my life. At that moment the curse of thirst gave way to the blessing of water.
We can thirst for God as well as for water. This thirst may be subtler and more difficult to define than the parched mouth of water deprivation. Yet once it is in operation, nothing and no one else but God can satisfy that thirst. Psalm 63 says this most poignantly.
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