The thirsty hart may be so thirsty that he will drink polluted water. But it’s not what he needs. And it may sicken or even kill him.

I understand the enticement of that which is not good for me.

I know what it’s like to try to find pleasure, nourishment, and satisfaction in “mud puddles.”

But it’s all a vain, futile pursuit.

“Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter” (James 5:5).

Such is the witness against those settling for the mud puddles.

Deliver me from that! May I pant after Living Water.