My Daily dose of Faith: More than water

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During one of the many episodes of sleepless nights last week, I woke up at 2 in the morning feeling dozing off, with excruciating head ache ( because of  less than 5 hours of sleep ), and extremely thirsty. 
I had been working my ass off squeezing in months worth of  data trying hard to learn at least half of them in less than 5 days. A sudden feeling of burden dawned on me, leaving me crying without any reason at all. 

It took awhile for me to realize how drained I was: Physically, Emotionally and even Spiritually. Only then have I decided to cry it out to Lord, through which I haven't done for a long time. Then I came across this daily reading entitled : More than water, by Peter Chin. Our Daily Bread Diary Edition , Vol 27. 
The writer highlighted the importance of the Living water, and stated that different perspectives from a young believer versus that of a matured follower of Christ. 

I was then reminded by the Holy Spirit on the day I willfully and courageously obeyed through water baptism, 4 years ago. I was never the same person afterwards ( 2 Corinthians 5:17). Leaving me bouncing back out of that ugly feeling of self- centeredness for less than a minute. 

On this day, I woke up needing drinking water to suppress my thirst, but I ended up feeling more refreshed than ever through the Living word of Christ who refreshes me.



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