I can't give till I learn to get. So, if I'm able to give, I must learn to get. If I am to give to you what I want to give you, if I am to serve others as I want to serve them, if I am to give to others and satisfy their needs, I must learn how to get from God.

The first step, is to get thirsty. What am I saying? Want it! "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground." (Isaiah 44:3) And the thirsty can be satisfied. "Open they mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10b) How do you find the revealed will of God? You thirst for it.

Only to be what He wants me to be,
Every moment of every day;
Yielded completely to Jesus alone,
Every step of this pilgrim way:
Just to be clay in the Potter's hands,
Ready to do what His Word commands;
Only to be what He wants me to be,
Every moment of every day.

Oh, are you hungering and thirsting tonight for the breath of God? Are you hungering and thirsting after righteousness? Are you hungering and thirsting for success? Are you hungering and thirsting for the blessings of God? "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty." Thirsty! Thirsty! Thirsty! Thirsty! You know who's building the greatest churches? The thirsty ones. "Ho, every one that thirsteth." "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty." Thirsty! Thirsty! Thirsty! Thirsty! Thirsty! That's the way you begin to get things from God.

Jack Hyles
First Baptist of Hammond, Indiana (1959-2001)

Reprinted January 15, 2012