Mark 6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
IT WAS A DESERT PLACE
They were in a desert place where there was no water and no food to be bought. It was a place that could barely sustain the life of a few, much less the lives of the multitudes.
The world is quickly becoming like a desert place. People are perishing because of the lack of the "Living Water."
I remember as a child growing up we had a cistern. That cistern would catch the water that ran off the roof...with all the dirt, debris and other stuff that was washed down with it and there was only a screen strainer to keep the trash out. We drank water from that cistern. As I look back on that in kind of makes me cringe a little. We are too often like the cisterns. We have a little spiritual water in our lives but too often it is just what we catch from others, along with all the trash and debris that comes with it.
There are springs that come from beneath the sand in the desert and they are known as an Oasis. Jesus said that we should have the springs of living water within us. I like to think that each of us as Christians should be so overflowing with the love of Jesus Christ that there would be plenty of water to share in this desert world with anyone who had a spiritual thirst.
Are you a cistern or an oasis. The world is a desert place with many people who are literally thirsting after righteousness.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
IT WAS A DESERT PLACE
They were in a desert place where there was no water and no food to be bought. It was a place that could barely sustain the life of a few, much less the lives of the multitudes.
The world is quickly becoming like a desert place. People are perishing because of the lack of the "Living Water."
I remember as a child growing up we had a cistern. That cistern would catch the water that ran off the roof...with all the dirt, debris and other stuff that was washed down with it and there was only a screen strainer to keep the trash out. We drank water from that cistern. As I look back on that in kind of makes me cringe a little. We are too often like the cisterns. We have a little spiritual water in our lives but too often it is just what we catch from others, along with all the trash and debris that comes with it.
There are springs that come from beneath the sand in the desert and they are known as an Oasis. Jesus said that we should have the springs of living water within us. I like to think that each of us as Christians should be so overflowing with the love of Jesus Christ that there would be plenty of water to share in this desert world with anyone who had a spiritual thirst.
Are you a cistern or an oasis. The world is a desert place with many people who are literally thirsting after righteousness.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
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