If we are not giving each other Christ, then what good is it? What good is truth from an impure heart? Jesus said the pure in heart will see God (Matt 5:8). It is the pure in heart who see God and then proclaim to a hungry world Who He is and what He is like. That is the testimony of truth, that is the only thing that can truly feed Christ’s sheep. Everything else is a feast of dust.
Jesus said feed my sheep (John 21:17). Jesus said He is the bread of heaven (John 6:51) and the living water that quenches our thirst (John 4:14), thus the only food and drink we can give anyone is who we are in Christ. Therefore, if you are to strive, strive to know Him. Strive in your surrendering more than your shouting. Let your shout become a sigh.
There is only one Savior and one Teacher and we can only share with each other what He has given us. He is the head of the river of life, He is the source of all knowledge and wisdom (1 Cor 1:30; Col 2:3) and unless we are giving each other Him, unless we are giving each other Christ, Who is our life (Col 3:4), we labor in vain. Unless we are giving each other Him, we feed each other dust, for we are but dust.
I see many hungry faces
Haunting eyes of longing
The madness of thirst has set in
The echoes of empty bellies deafen my ears
I see the dirt all around their mouths
The dirty mouth of a child
That has feasted upon dust
They gnaw at their tongue with dry and dusty mouths
Wipe their faces Lord
And give them drink
“Come to me all you who thirst
And I will give you drink”
Get yourself up on a high mountain Zion
Bearer of good news
Tell them, “Here is your God!”
The afflicted and needy seek water
But there is none
Their tongue is parched with thirst
And You will not forsake them
You will answer them Yourself
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