Morning, October 6

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
   thirst."

  John 4:14

   He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him
   now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose
   days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights are long from
   absence of heart-cheering thought, for he finds in religion such a
   spring of joy, such a fountain of consolation, that he is content and
   happy. Put him in a dungeon and he will find good company; place him in
   a barren wilderness, he will eat the bread of heaven; drive him away
   from friendship, he will meet the "friend that sticketh closer than a
   brother." Blast all his gourds, and he will find shadow beneath the
   Rock of Ages; sap the foundation of his earthly hopes, but his heart
   will still be fixed, trusting in the Lord. The heart is as insatiable
   as the grave till Jesus enters it, and then it is a cup full to
   overflowing. There is such a fulness in Christ that he alone is the
   believer's all. The true saint is so completely satisfied with the
   all-sufficiency of Jesus that he thirsts no more--except it be for
   deeper draughts of the living fountain. In that sweet manner, believer,
   shalt thou thirst; it shall not be a thirst of pain, but of loving
   desire; thou wilt find it a sweet thing to be panting after a fuller
   enjoyment of Jesus' love. One in days of yore said, "I have been
   sinking my bucket down into the well full often, but now my thirst
   after Jesus has become so insatiable, that I long to put the well
   itself to my lips, and drink right on." Is this the feeling of thine
   heart now, believer? Dost thou feel that all thy desires are satisfied
   in Jesus, and that thou hast no want now, but to know more of him, and
   to have closer fellowship with him? Then come continually to the
   fountain, and take of the water of life freely. Jesus will never think
   you take too much, but will ever welcome you, saying, "Drink, yea,
   drink abundantly, O beloved."