Thirsty for Living Waters

By N. I. Zimudo

This book is written for those with a longing for the joy of being alive, who desire the satisfaction of living, and who pray for the refreshing of life. God, through Jesus Christ, offers us the water of life freely to drink if we are thirsty. In this book, we explore what the rivers of living water are. We give examples of those who have drank of it. And we show how the bible teaches us to drink of it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jun 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9781664299702

N. I. Zimudo

Zimudo has from his youth taught and mentored those who desire a thorough understanding of the scriptures and a deeper relationship with Christ. He is a practicing physician in Lethbridge Alberta where he lives with his wife and daughter. The central theme of his teachings is how Christ provides healing to the soul, which some consider to be a mirror to his medical practice.

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CHAPTER 1

There is a river, the streams of which make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. (Psalm 46:4-5)

T his passage of scripture was written by David the king who in the course of his life faced many troubles. He was a fugitive from a government that sought to kill him and was constantly in fear for his life. He lived in peril of waters, in peril of robbers, in perils of his own countrymen, in perils of the heathen, in peril in the city, in peril in the fields, in peril in the sea, and in peril among false brethren. He lived in weariness and in painfulness, in watchfulness often; in hunger and thirst, and in fastings often. He lived in the cold, in nakedness, and in an abundance of persecutions (2 Corinthians 11:26-27).

Yet in all these things he discovered that there was a river whose streams made glad the city of God, even the holy places of the tabernacle of the Most High. There, peace was provided for God’s children in the midst of all the storms and terrors of life. There, rest to the soul was guaranteed regardless of the degree of hardship endured. There, joyfulness and gladness were given to them who drank of the rivers of living waters.

David, indeed, drank of those waters and learnt therefrom that the peace that God provides for his children is not given by solving their problems for them, neither is it given by dissolving away their difficult circumstances, nor by abolishing the trials of the shadow of death. He found instead that the river of joy gives peace and joy in the midst of the storm. It gives light in the midst of darkness, and joy in the midst of grief.

He therefore concluded that though he walked through the valley of the shadow of death, he would fear no evil; for the Lord was with him, his rod and his staff comforted him. He saw that the Lord prepared a table for him in the presence of his enemies, and anointed his head with oil so that his cup did not run over. And so