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I\u2019m high-step-walking in early morning bliss when out of the blue, this phrase pops in my mind: \u201cThis drink\u2019s on me!\u201d I think: \u201cIs that you, God?\u201d I think He\u2019s telling me to drink in the beauty of this morning. My pondering then goes to what is usually meant by \u201cThis drink\u2019s on me!\u201d I suspect that we\u2019ve all heard that phrase in the context of an alcoholic drink in a bar. But, this day, my mind goes to Jesus saying \u201cCome drink of THIS water and you\u2019ll never thirst again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis drink\u2019s on me\u201d, used as an offer for an alcoholic drink, often numbs the senses. \u201cThis drink\u2019s on ME\u201d \u2013 coming from our Lord, enlightens the senses \u2013 making feeling, tasting, hearing, speaking and seeing \u2013 so much more intense and empowering. He wants us to drink in HIM \u2013 and when we do \u2013 we become aware of just how big God is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At our little neighborhood, sing-a-long concert with LaDonna Gatlin and her husband, Tim, this Sunday morning, she starts us off with Job 38\u2019s explanation of just WHO God is. Job was in total despair after having lost his family, his belongings, his health \u2013 nothing remained. He was in misery and rather than God addressing Job\u2019s woes\u2026..He reminds Job WHO HE is AND, how big He is. \u201cWhere were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Who decreed the boundaries of the seas when they gushed from the depths? Who clothed them with clouds and thick darkness? Have you ever once commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east? Have you ever told the daylight to spread to the ends of the earth, to end the night\u2019s wickedness? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven, when everything is dust and clods?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If that doesn\u2019t conjure up the greatness and bigness of our God Who holds us and this world in His hands \u2013 I can\u2019t imagine what does. So, today, He reminds us that He is NOT unaware of what\u2019s going on in our lives. He IS God, after all \u2013 Who created this world AND us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I AM hearing the sound of water moving, fountains flowing, the sound of waterfalls. I feel those living waters \u2013 especially as I listen to our praises going up in our little sing-a-long that lifts my heart and soul. I can sense \u201ceverything\u2019s gonna\u2019 be alright.\u201d I can sense God\u2019s embrace and His holiness pervading me. Of course, our God is big enough to rule His mighty universe, but, He\u2019s oh so small that He lives within our hearts and offering us to drink of Him and we\u2019ll never be thirsty again. (John 4:14) Come enjoy these living waters. God is saying “This drink’s on ME.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m high-step-walking in early morning bliss when out of the blue, this phrase pops in my mind: \u201cThis drink\u2019s on me!\u201d I think: \u201cIs that you, God?\u201d I think He\u2019s telling me to drink in the beauty of this morning. My pondering then goes to what is usually meant by \u201cThis drink\u2019s on me!\u201d I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17378,15632,17379,17377],"tags":[17374,1210,1769,17372,17370,17376,4746,40,17375,5539,1216,1218,17373,17371],"class_list":["post-12456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alcoholic","category-living-water","category-sing-a-long","category-this-drink-on-me","tag-alcoholic-drink","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-drink-in-him","tag-drink-of-this-water","tag-enlightens-senses","tag-how-big-is-god","tag-inspiration","tag-job-38","tag-john-414","tag-living-water","tag-never-thirst-again","tag-numbs","tag-this-drink-is-on-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12460,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456\/revisions\/12460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}