5 Drinks for Breakfast - Countdown Day 18

As a part of my job (outside of FOM) I travel a lot. This week I have been in Toronto (still here at the time of writing) and I noticed something funny this morning. After I worked out I went back to my room and showered then went down for breakfast. I was eating alone and begin to laugh at myself when I looked up and noticed what was on my table. I had my typical eggs over easy with crispy bacon, a bowl of Special K and some fruit, but just beyond the plate of food sat the following: orange juice, ice water, coffee, skim milk and chocolate milk (I'm still a kid at heart). 5 drinks for breakfast...and I was responsible for ordering each one of them! Holy cow, why did I need 5 drinks to choke down my eggs and bacon. I realized that my workout had left me parched and everything in liquid form sounded good, so I basically just ordered one of each. Wouldn't water have done the trick?! I dissected it further (remember I'm eating alone so analyzing my "drinking habit" was something to pass the time I suppose) and rationalized it by saying, "Well, the orange juice is good for vitamin C, the water is to quench my thirst from working out, the coffee is to wake me up, the skim milk is for my cereal and the chocolate milk, uh, er, well, that's my creature comfort." It's a silly comparison, but my mind wondered further as I begin to think about the people we are trying to reach through God's work in and through FOM. The people we are trying to reach aren't much different then me in this experience.

You see everyone is thirsty. Our daily life, or "workout", leaves us parched. As believers we turn to the One who quenches our thirst. So much so that He boldly professes that if we drink of His well we will never thirst again. Non Christ followers don't have the ultimate thirst quencher so they will fill their lives with things that seem to quench their thirst, even if it is just for the moment. The OJ, water, coffee, skim milk and chocolate milk turn into relationships, material possessions, status, climbing the corporate ladder, having more stuff, etc. Not all of those things are bad, but in and of themselves they are not thirst quenchers.

Isaiah 41:17-20 says: The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

FOMers, there are poor and needy people around us. Not necessarily financially, but spiritually...people in Memorial are running empty on a full tank. Full of stuff, but empty of God. The soul of man is itself empty and needy, seeking for satisfaction somewhere, but soon despairs of finding it in the world. God wants to open the rivers, fountains, pools of water and springs! And he wants to do it for the purpose of revealing himself! So how will you let God use you to help reveal Himself to the poor and needy of Memorial? Pray today that God will allow you the opportunity today to invite someone to be a part of our September 10 KidzPlanet and FOM worship service Fall Kick-off...that they may see, and know, and consider, and
understand together, that God has done this!
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Pray for individuals in our church that they would grow in relationship with God
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Posted by Chris Archinal