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JUNE 2<br />
THIRSTING AND RECEIVING<br />
“Let anyone who thirsts come to me, and let the one who believes in me<br />
drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers<br />
of living water.’ Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him<br />
were to receive…” (Jn 7: 37-39)<br />
This passage is in the Gospel-reading of Pentecost, at the Byzantine<br />
Divine Liturgy. Jesus is basically repeating what He said to the Samaritan<br />
woman, about the “living water” that He has on offer. The prerequisite for<br />
receiving this water is simple: Thirst, and come to Me.<br />
Today let me identify this thirst, deep inside me, and focus my desires<br />
and ambitions on Him and in Him. Because it’s easy to mistake that<br />
feeling, deep inside me, of insufficiency without the Spirit, for something<br />
else. I can feel something is lacking in my life, and misdirect my spiritual<br />
thirst toward some temporary “fix,” be it unhealthy food, unnecessary<br />
shopping, obsessive physical fitness, workaholism, or whatever. “Come<br />
and abide in us, and cleanse us of all impurity,” I pray today to the Lord,<br />
the Holy Spirit, “and save our souls, O Good One.”<br />
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