Meditations

Seek the Water that Satisfies. Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again. John 4.13. The more we drink the impure and poison waters of this age, the thirstier we are for them, and the more we plunge into the world. Desires come to life in our hearts. The possessions that come through riches only excite our greed. For ambition is more unhappy because of what it does not have, than satisfied with all it does possess. Enjoying the world's pleasures only makes the soul thirsty and weak. The soul becomes corrupted. It can never be satisfied. The more a person lets himself go, the more he wants to succumb. It is easier to keep our heart in a state of repentance and burning desire for God, than to bring it back to Him once it has gone down the slope of pleasure and laxity. So let us keep watch over ourselves. Let us stay away from drinking water that only increases our thirst. Let us keep careful watch over our hearts, for fear that the world and its vain comforts will come in and trouble our peace.