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Dip It up!
Topics: Bible
, Thirst.
Years ago a ship on the Atlantic was in distress because its supply of
fresh water had run out. The crew faced a horrible death from the
thirst, and that with water all around them.
When hope was almost gone, they sighted a ship approaching them. At once
they hoisted distress signals. But the only answer they got was "dip it
up."
"Dip it up?" What heartless mockery, they must of thought to themselves.
To dip up buckets of salt water!
They signaled again, but got the same answer. Finally in despair, they
lowered a bucket. Imagine their amazement and joy when it turned out to
be fresh, living water. They didn't know it, but they were at the mouth
of the mighty Amazon river, whose fresh water flows far out to the sea.
God's fresh living water in his teaching and in his word are always
there. Why do we despair? "Dip it up!"
Donald Deffner, Seasonal Illustrations, Resource, 1992, 114.