Thirst quenched

If you are setting off across the desert, you need water. If you are caught in the desert, you need water. If you have or will have a real thirst, you need water. If you have thirst of soul, you need living water—you need the God of grace to shower forgiveness, peace, joy, and strength upon you. That is the condition to which Christ speaks.

To all such he offers a solution: "Come to me, and drink." He is the one who supplies the Spirit, who gives all needful for spiritual life and service. The invitation could not be broader: "anyone" who thirsts may come to him and drink. But the question is real: "If anyone is thirsty...." Not everyone feels this thirst, and not everyone responds to Christ when the man of love offers life in himself.