At Times It Seems That Your Bucket is Empty
Do you sometimes feel that you have this bucket that you take to the well to be filled, but there is no water there?
No refreshing, no life, nothing but dust.
Because of the circumstances of life, we sometimes feel our source has dried up and we are too tired to even attempt to return to the well or to dig a “new” well.
And we give up.
But this is a lie of the enemy, Child of God.
This is what The LORD says:
“Beloved,
I know at times it seems that your bucket is empty
And the well is dry.
But these are not My Words.
These are feelings
When you come to Me
You will never return empty.
I am the Well that never runs dry,
Your Source of All Things.
The world drinks from broken cisterns
and exhausted streams
but My Waters are living.
Ever flowing.
Ever fresh.
Ever enough.
I AM El Shaddai,
The All Sufficient One
The God of “More than Enough.”
Come to Me with your bucket, My Child.
Bring Me your thirst.
Those who thirst shall be satisfied.
Just like the Samaritan woman at the well
I met her there
It was planned
It was no accident
It was a Divine Encounter.
You know Whom you ask
for a drink of Living Water
So bring Me your weariness.
Bring Me the places in your heart that no one else can satisfy.
Bring to Me the hidden places no one else can fill.
For I do not reject thirsty people.
I satisfy them.
Each time you come to Me,
I will fill what the world drained.
I restore what fear depleted.
I refresh what circumstances exhausted.
Come close and you will hear the Sound of Living Water.
The Sound of Many Waters.
We shall have that Divine Encounter at the Well.
Lower your bucket again.
Draw from My Presence.
Draw from My Word.
Draw from the quiet place
where My Spirit whispers Shalom Peace to your soul.
And you will discover this truth:
No one who truly drinks from Me leaves empty.
I AM not a shallow stream
that disappears in drought.
But I am the River that flows
From the Throne of God and the Lamb
I AM the Fountain of Life and Light
I AM the Living Waters
which flow through Eternity.
Come freely.
Come daily.
Come boldly.
And here is My Promise
Your bucket will never return dry.”
EL SHADDAI : El Shaddai is one of seven covenant names through which God revealed Himself to Israel. In Hebrew, El Shaddai means “the All-Sufficient One,” or “the God Who is more than enough.”
“When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the ROAR OF MANY WATERS, like the VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.” Ezekiel 1:24.
“For my people have committed two wrongdoings; they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living Waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” Jeremiah 2:13.
“His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and HIS VOICE WAS LIKE THE ROAR OF MANY WATERS.” Revelation 1:15.
“And I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. HIS VOICE WAS LIKE THE ROAR OF MANY WATERS, and the earth shone with His glory.” Ezekiel 43:2.
“And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the RUSHING OF MANY WATERS, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For The LORD our God the Almighty reigns.” Revelation 19:6.
“Then the angel showed me a RIVER OF THE WATER OF LIFE, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” Revelation 22:1.
“On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is THIRSTY, let him come to Me and drink.”“ John 7:37.
“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is THIRSTY come, and the one who desires the WATER OF LIFE drink freely.” Revelation 22:17.
“Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14.
~ Deborah Waldron Fry
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