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The above images are certainly contrasting. I read an article recently which appropriately depicts the strange and impending danger looming over one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Cape Town, South Africa, located on the western southern tip of the continent of Africa, invites travelers from around the world each year to enjoy its wondrous landscape. Yet, though it borders the South Atlantic Ocean, this city of almost 500,000 people may become the first major metropolitan area to literally run out of water. Due to a severe drought over the past several months, the Theewaterskloof Dam (Cape Town’s main supply of water) is literally believed to be depleted within a few months. At the current rate of consumption, officials warn April 29, 2018 will become Day Zero, the day the city’s taps will be turned off. “The city of Cape Town could conceivably become the first major city in the world to run out of water, and that could happen in the next four months,” Dr. Anthony Turton, professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State, told the New York Times. “It’s not an impending crisis — we’re deep, deep, deep in crisis,” he said.
Most ironic about this natural disaster is that the immense waters of the Atlantic are of little reprieve to the thousands in danger. While ocean water may give the appearance of abundance for the thirsty, its consumption would only dangerously increase dehydration.
In Psalm 63, David expresses a prayer to God which is inspired by his immediate surroundings—the Judean desert. “O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1). David became acutely aware of a constant reality—the need for God’s presence and provision is so urgent because we live in such a parched environment. Even those activities and resources which seemingly promise to fill our thirst leave us empty. This is precisely why David sought the Lord with such fervor…and why we can afford to do no less. Our resources have run dry and we are in deep, deep crisis. Speaking to this matter, Jesus said “whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14). In Christ, we know that nothing satisfies apart from Him. As this is true in our lives, so it is for every person we encounter. It is because of this urgent reality that “Every Believer a Witness” is so timely. Do not miss a single sermon out of this series which begins today! Learn to boldly share the only source that satisfies!
Drinking Deep from the Living Water,
Jason