What makes you thirsty? What makes me thirsty? Thirst is a a life saving sense. We know that if we do not get enough water each day we will become dehydrated -- shrivel up and loose our life.
Now it is true that we can drink some liquids that contain water but will not quench our thirst. You can drink coffee or tea and it will refresh you, but will you still not be thirsty if you have not had some water free from coffee? Further, we can drink some waters/liquids that are to replace water but will not keep us healthy -- just think Coke or Pepsi.
There are goals we can set for our lives that seem to offer a quenching of a thirst for being a significant person. We might believe that being number one is the most important rung on a ladder. But, all safety notices tells us that being on the top is very precarious and tenuous. In other words it is less than permanent place for the fullness of life. On the top we can easily lose our balance for there is nothing to hang on to.
This does not me we must not to use fully the gifts that God had given us to benefit the whole of society, but we need to keep a perspective of the danger of walking over another to achieve a personal goal, or disregarding the consequences to out families and the environment.
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I think you have it right BUT I also believe that you have climbed to the top of the ladder, not at the expense of others but at the asking of your God, to let others find a path to the living waters.
And even though you see that it is a scary place, there is One that offers support that keeps you from falling. Surely you must, in your ministry, feel the top a little daunting but you continue knowing that there are strong arms to guide you where you are most needed.
Seeking to stand high where others can see you is NOT being thirsty for the wrong thing but giving of your talents to help others see God as He wants you to show Him.
Not many of us can provide that view to those around us. Please be proud of your position on the top rung.
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