The Scripture that is in my mind right now is found in John 7. The Savior is giving a sermon in the temple either during or after one of the Jewish feasts. He makes a reference to the Holy Ghost that I find thrilling.
" In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man athirst, let him come unto me, and bdrink.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the aSpirit, which they that believe on him should receive: bfor the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) "
I understand thirst, I have felt it. Prolonged thirst can cause the malfunction of key organs and eventually death. Im thinking about being spiritually dehydrated, and how I go about quenching such a thirst. Can I 'read' the scriptures without drinking of this water spoken of? I think so. The image in my mind is that of a 2 year old trying to work the drinking fountain at church.. The water is just going everywhere but in his mouth-his shirt, his eyes, his nose. I need to truely absorb, internalize, drink deeply of the Holy Ghost.
