…Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyonethirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believesin Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of Living Water.” John 7.37-38

When the Lord said, “If anyone thirsts…”, He was not trying to find more disciples among that joyful crowd. No! A thousand times, no!

He knew the thirst He referred to was a privilege for only a few.

Those who thirst and are called by the Lord are simple people, hand-picked by the Holy Spirit.

Those who thirst, even when living in sin, are called by God to be fulfilled. Now, if a thirsty sinner is called to drink, imagine those who were already delivered from sin, are clean and in the faith!

However, for a sinner to drink of the Water, he has to confess his sins, abandon them and surrender to the Lord Jesus.

But those who’ve already been rescued from hell, and do not live in sin, may charge Jesus for the promised Water. That’s right! They can charge whenever they want to, and their thirst will be quenched.

After all, this Water is only for those who are thirsty. The same applies to “he who believes…”

Those who believe were touched by the Holy Spirit, the same way as those who were touched by Him to thirst.

Those who thirst or those who believe were already called by God, but will only drink from the Wellspring when they decide to go there.

Jesus calls those who thirst and those who believe.

The Holy Spirit gives the thirst and faith.

It is up to the thirsty to “dig until they find” Water and those who believe “to dig until they find” the River of Water of Life that runs under their feet.

God does not do magic to transform lives; He gives spiritual vision and physical conditions to materialize His Promises.