We begin to rot from the roots up when we source ourselves in wrong things. We all too easily find ourselves turning to lesser fountains to quench our thirst: fame, notoriety, wealth, comfort, entertainment, pride, pleasure or power. We start sipping from contaminated sources and the poison leeches up into our systems.
Tag: thirst
What does it look like to earnestly seek the Lord? How do we live wholeheartedly?
We, as wealthy Americans, are drinking from a fire hose of affluence, entertainment and options. We have so drowned ourselves in lesser affections and appetites that we don’t even feel the thirst for God in our own frames. We might go our entire lives without ever truly awakening to our deepest need.