A Soul in Drought or a Watered Garden

Isaiah 58:11
 
This passage of Scripture is an admonition to share with the needy. Are Christians so dry today that we cannot point others to the only One who can give the true water to those in a dry land?
 
What things can get dry?

• Potted plants
• Garden
• Dehydrated foods
• Animals
• Man – physical 

 
What happens when something is in the state of being dry?

• Parched
• Shrivels
• Wilts
• Withers
• Dies 

 
What to do with things that are dry?

• Make wet
• To soak
• Rehydrate 

 

• David prayed while in the wilderness
• All is in vain unless the Spirit of God comes down
• Psalms 63:1, 0 God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.
• Psalms 68:6, God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
• Rebellious dwell in a dry land
• Man – spiritual
• Church - dry, no life, no spirit, no vision, complacent, dead
• Though physically alive, spiritually dead
• Our faith has fizzled out
• Body is there, but without God there is no life 

 

• Song of Solomon 4:15, A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
• Jeremiah 31:12, Therefore they shall come and sing in the height o(Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
• John 7:37, In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 
• Psalms 107:5-9, Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
• Hungry and thirsty, this is an example of the children of Israel in the wilderness.
• It also typifies those of us who have not found joy from knowing the Lord
• Jesus is the Bread of Life – John 6:33
• Jesus is the Water of Life – John 4:14 

 
Christians and the church today have the know-how, the building, and the organization. But unfortunately, the impact on the community is weak.

Are we so dry that we cannot point others to the One who can give water to those in a dry land?