Needing A Cup of Water

Water.

What comes to mind when you hear that word?

I admit that it is so easy to take water for granted or see it as a chore to drink the suggested eight glasses of water (if you do this as part of a healthy lifestyle). Water is more essential to our survival than even food. Studies show that we can go for up to forty days without food, but we cannot go for more than three days without water. But did you know that for much of the world, obtaining water, or at least clean water, is hard or impossible?

So many of them can only obtain dirty, contaminated water which will cause them to get terrible diseases. This is one huge reason that many children in developing countries do not live past around age five.

For so many in countries on the continents of Asia or Africa, obtaining clean water is a dream.

But we can make a difference. And if we are followers of Jesus, the Master holds out a gracious promise if we do our part to bring clean water to those who are destitute. He says, "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward" (Matthew 10:42, NIV). You have an opportunity to make a difference.

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The above photos are provided courtesy of Gospel For Asia.