One Cup of Cold Water

Matthew 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

If there ever was a scripture that spoke straight to my broken heart, it would be this one. Years ago when I first began to Pastor at a church, I was struggling with the calling He had put on me. I prayed so hard and God continued to call me to Pastor this church. I told the Lord that He would have to do it. He would have to show me how. He would have to give me a Pastor's heart for the people.  I had been in evangelism for about seven years and was comfortable with that calling.

I was at the church for about a year and a half and prayer was being made daily about what the Lord wanted me to do when an older member of that church asked me and my wife to attend a Pastor's Conference with them. I asked when it was and she told me that it was from Thursday until Monday. I turned it down because I knew there was no way that I could miss a Sunday of preaching. I was the Pastor of the church. I can't miss on Sunday! She wouldn't take no for an answer and neither would the church so they sent me and my wife to this conference.

Little did I know that I would drive from Warrior, Alabama to Jacksonville, Florida for a cup of cold water. Around me were fifteen thousand pastors and wives. So many of them who looked as if they had it all together and there sat me and my wife. I was twenty-five years old and she was twenty-three. I was looking for this huge answer. I was praying for the sky to roll back and for the Lord Jesus to say, "Steve, do this..." but what He gave me was in a one cup of cold water. Dr. Junior Hill stood on the platform that day. I had never heard him preach before, but when he spoke the Word of God it went straight to my heart. He used this scripture that we have read today. I don't have the time to explain all the words he spoke that helped me but as he spoke it was refreshing, just like a cup of cold water. When my questions and discouragement come in ministry, I think of this cup of cold water.

Maybe this morning you are thirsty and need a refreshing cup of cold water, may I tell you that Jesus is the one who can give you living water? I'm praying that someone comes your way today and gives you a cup of cold water. Maybe you could be the one who needs to give a cup of cold water to a thirsty brother or sister, do it. You never know how much of a blessing you can be with a simple cup of cold water.