Amen, Sister Dorine!
The One who made us knows what we most need! We need a living connection with Jesus by the Holy Spirit! Yet as it was in the time of Jeremiah, so it is today as we face temptation to turn from the only source of living water (Christ speaking to us in His word by the Holy Spirit) and go to the broken cisterns of the world, the flesh and the devil (anything that keeps us from Christ). "For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water" (Jeremiah 2:13). Let us turn away from the unsatisfying broken cisterns of selfishness and respond to Jesus' invitation to drink of His living water in His word and partake of His divine nature by the Holy Spirit, whereby all of the fruits of the Spirit without one missing will flow in and through us to bless others! "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)" (John 7:37-39).
"Jesus knew the wants of the soul. Pomp, riches, and honor cannot satisfy the heart. 'If any man thirst, let him come unto Me.' The rich, the poor, the high, the low, are alike welcome. He promises to relieve the burdened mind, to comfort the sorrowing, and to give hope to the despondent. Many of those who heard Jesus were mourners over disappointed hopes, many were nourishing a secret grief, many were seeking to satisfy their restless longing with the things of the world and the praise of men; but when all was gained, they found that they had toiled only to reach a broken cistern, from which they could not quench their thirst. Amid the glitter of the joyous scene they stood, dissatisfied and sad. That sudden cry, 'If any man thirst,' startled them from their sorrowful meditation, and as they listened to the words that followed, their minds kindled with a new hope. The Holy Spirit presented the symbol before them until they saw in it the offer of the priceless gift of salvation." {The Desire of Ages, page 454, paragraph 2}
Only as we partake of the blessing of salvation on a moment-by-moment basis in constant surrender of the entire heart Him to be filled with the Holy Spirit will we find the true glory and joy of life! We were created for eternal intimacy with God, and apart from Him, we cannot experience the fulfillment of our purpose. Let us behold Jesus in all His loveliness today and go forth to bless others because we have learned the joy of total surrender, letting self go, and allowing God to write His story in our lives for His glory! God bless you all!!