Whether we realize it or not, each one of us, by nature of our design by God is a living thirst. As Thomas Dubay has coined the phrase we are “incarnate thirst” –thirst in the flesh–”an aching for the infinite”. This is true of believer and unbeliever alike,, and no man can avoid this condition. Every day, each one of yearns out of innate void within, a cavern undeniable that is thirsty for communion with God and unfulfilled by anything less.We were fashioned with this innate reach toward in infinite God with a very real plan.
To the proud heart that does not love God , this could not be more offensive.For no matter how hard they might try to escape it, they cannot be independent of the Lord and cannot escape their undeniable need for God. This cavern-so to speak- was there before ever we discovered it, and the only one that has rights to it is the One who called it into existence in the first place.
The Lord once said to this woman “Make yourself a capacity, and I will make Myself a torrent”. He desires that we would be as a space opened and outstretched toward the divine-Himself. We are to turn our innate thirst like a yawning cavern and direct it with a heart of faith and love toward God, refusing to fill this open space with lesser frivolities.
Simply stated, if we do not find lasting pleasure in Him, we will not find it. And we must recall again what makes our thirst so precious. It is not a mark of deficiency in our being, but a sign of being truly alive. The hungriest people are those most alive, and those most connected to their great need are those closest to touching what it means to truly live.