Beasts and Birds Know What They Need

Yesterday Sherri, Christi, David, and I traveled down to Waco Texas mainly to go to the Magnolia shop. Chip and Joanna Gaines, hosts of a TV show, recently opened their new store. The place was crowded, the prices were high, and I was ready to leave 5 minutes after I got there. Not so with Sherri. We stayed quite a while before we left. As we walked down the side of the store I happened to notice a black bird sticking his beak in a pipe coming out of the building. Looking closer I could see he was drinking water that was draining from inside the store. People were walking by, but he just kept drinking. He was thirsty,  and nothing was going to stop him from quenching his thirst.

This bird was determined to get what he needed. He figured out where he could get water, and he drank until he was satisfied. He was just a dumb bird, yet he was smart enough to take care of his needs. Isn’t it tragic how men and women fail to understand what they need the most. They thirst, but they seek that which will satisfy their thirst in the wrong places. They drink from the sources that will destroy them. Jesus said that he would give us water that will quench our thirst. If God takes care of the thirst of animals how much more will he take care of our thirst, our spiritual thirst. “They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.” Psalm 104:11.

Men and women need to be like the little black bird, and go after the spiritual water that Jesus gives like their life depends on it, for it really does.