J. Hampton Keathley III, Th.M. Revelation 7:16-17 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe every tear from their eyes. Reaching the bank he asked the man indignantly, “What did that have to do with my finding God?” The old man asked him quietly, “While you were under the water, what did you want more than anything else?” The young man thought for a minute and then answered, “I wanted air. They placed their trust in their own systems of belief, which were based on human reason. 4. So Isaiah 44:3 anticipates the outpouring of the Spirit of God on His people to quench their thirst, their inherent need of God as it exists in the hearts of men. Statements like the one in Revelation 7:16, “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst,” speaks of the state of a perfect spiritual condition that leads to perfect and continued spiritual health and satisfaction that exists in heaven in the presence of the Savior. Isaiah 55 begins with an invitation that accentuates man’s need and the futility of life without God. Slowly and slowly the level of water rose and came up to the neck. So every morning crows used to bring bread and meat to him. A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Eph. 3 Incline your ear and come to Me. “Ho! To slake; satisfy: Mineral water quenched our thirst. He dipped his beak, quenched his thirst and flew away. He went to a wise old sage for help. Yet they could not find lasting inner peace, and they slowly lost confidence in what they believed. Second, there is the specific statement expressing his thirst in verse 2, “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” Perhaps this expresses two things in the mind of the Psalmist: Finally, we must recognize that most of our human strategies for quenching our thirst are centered in what is fleeting or passing away in a temporal world. Like the deer, the Psalmist longs for fellowship with God and His people in the temple at Jerusalem because only this can quench the thirst of his soul. Let them be a channel of God’s grace, let them share God’s love. Wells and George Bernard Shaw were brilliant men, yet they rejected the message of Scripture. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand; for I will make a great nation of him.” 19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. But in the course of time, the brook dried up because of drought. The climate of Palestine, especially away from the coastline and the hill country, can often be hot and dry. 1 The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Geoffrey W. Bromiley, general editor, Vol. Again, we have a psalm of David in which David is under affliction or suffering and separated from the place of worship and intimate fellowship with the Lord before the Ark. Drinking water to quench my thirst | What does it meaning of drinking, water, quench, thirst, in dream? Hampton wrote many articles for the Biblical Studies Foundation and on... More, The Net Pastor’s Journal, Eng Ed, Issue 37, Fall 2020. In this great passage, the blessings of the ministry of the Spirit that come to believers in Christ are seen as the only water that can quench the thirst that lies deep within a man’s soul. He used to quench his thirst from the brook. Have you ever really been truly thirsty? O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.