Obey Your thirst

I got me some coconut water yesterday (grammatical error intended for emphasis). Not the bottled kind that's sold in the store with additives. I'm talking about the real diggly-fresh, the real McCoy, crème de la crème- As it’s freshness connects with my dancing taste buds, I couldn’t help but waltz down memory lane. As a child, my grandmother would cut the coconut husk at the top, give it to me to drink, and would tell me not to waste a drop of the water because it's the only water that goes to my heart. If that were true, even while the husk showed every sign that it was empty, I’d close my eyes, bend my head all the way over, bang at the coconut, and hope that a drop or two might still escape its shell to satisfy my patiently waiting tongue, and unquenchable thirst.  
Needless to say, I wanted it to be true. Water can do many things, including a good wash. If there’s anything that could do with a wash, it’s a heart. 
Do you have a broken, damaged, dark, black, weak, troubled, heart? Then might I recommend some water? Even if coconut water does find its way to your heart, it isn’t as potent, transforming and powerful as the LIVING water.
It was Jesus himself who said, “Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life”.
That sure beats coconut water by a long shot, doesn’t it? What’s beautiful about this promise of quenching thirst is that it is promised to “whosoever” – So never mind that you may not be on a tropical island, or have a grandmother to cut the top of a coconut. ‘Whosoever’ is every and anyone. 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. He – the living water can supply all your needs (thirst).
One of my favorite authors penned, “He who seeks to quench his thirst at the fountains of this world will drink only to thirst again. Everywhere men are unsatisfied. They long for something to supply the need of the soul. Only One can meet that want. The need of the world, “the desire of all nations,” is Christ. The divine grace which He alone can impart, is as living water, purifying, refreshing, and invigorating the soul” (The Desire of Ages, 187).
 And to top it off, Jesus promises an everlasting fill. The water Jesus promises will become a permanent spring within the person. In other words, my Water Supplier is an inexhaustible fountain. We may drink, and drink again, and ever find a fresh supply. 
Jesus made the invite way before the beverage company did. So…“Obey your thirst!”