Ruach Breath Of Life

Thirsty for God The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” . . . To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life . . . Yes, let the one who is thirsty come and take the free gift of the water of life. (Rev. 21:6, 22:17) Welcome to this special presentation of prayer, reflections and music on the theme of receiving the waters of life that the Lord Jesus is offering us, and which we hear Isaiah, Israel’s great prophet to the nations, announcing. “Ho everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters!” We don’t say ‘Ho’ anymore, but it’s a really strong word in Hebrew: ‘Hoy’ rather like Jesus saying ‘Verily, verily.’ Most modern versions simply sayI while the ultra-modern ones use some such expression as ‘Hey! Or ‘You there!’ And what a warm and welcoming word ‘come’ is! And what it is we are being invited to come to do? To buy, and drink! In places where water is scare, we wouldn’t be in the least surprised to hear vendors crying out, ‘Drinking Water: come and get it!” But then we wou