[Songs in the Night - January 3]
Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. John 4:14
ERRORS, falsities, may satisfy temporarily the
craving of those who have never yet tasted of the truth,
the water of life; but nothing can give permanent, lasting
satisfaction except the truth; and our Lord himself,
the Word, the Logos, the message of the Father, full of
grace and truth, is the embodiment and representative
of this satisfying water of life.
Whoever receives the
Lord as his Redeemer and Leader and Teacher, through
whom all the gracious promises of God are to be fulfilled;
whoever receives this water of life receives a
satisfying portion, and will never be found looking for
truth in other directions.
It will satisfy his longings as
nothing else could do, and so abundantly as to leave
no appetite for strange waters. Z'99-27 R2424:2 (Hymn 146)