Monday, January 30, 2017

DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 37; Psalms 11-14; Matt. 21:1-32

Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. John 7:37

Do you believe this? We are ever conscious of our needs. We thirst and pine for happiness, for rest, for peace, for the satisfaction which seems to be in that sweet, deep word, love. We turn from side to side for an answer and for a moment think we have found it, only to find that it is a broken empty cistern. Human love fails to quench our thirst, even though we drink deeply and widely of its stores. But Jesus gives the living water that is all-sufficient and satisfies.—Ken Gunnell

O Christ! He is the fountain,
The deep sweet well of love;
The streams of earth I’ve tasted,
More deep I’ll drink above.
                      —Anne Ross Cousin