The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in John 4:13-14,
"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
These are the words Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus was returning to Galilee from Judea, and as he passed through Samaria, he stopped at a well to drink where he met this woman and asked her for water. After telling her of a "living water" he could provider her, she, not understanding, wanted to know just how Jesus would draw water from the well - how would he get it since he didn't have anything with which to draw water?
The cup of water Jesus spoke of, of course, was the cup of salvation. He told her that he was the Messiah, the One for whom she was waiting to explain all things. He is the source of what satisfies for an eternity - as "a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
In thinking of a drink of water that Jesus used as a metaphor, it brings to mind some thoughts for me.
The first being that just as we all get thirsty to keep our bodies hydrated, we all do, in fact, thirst for things eternal - we seek refreshment for our souls, our spirits. Everyone does. Most everyone has a felt need for connecting with the Eternal, with our Creator, with God. Many of us may not understand this "spiritual thirst". But we see this thirst reflected in the many religions of the world, it is seen in the many pursuits man engages in to find solutions to those "problems" (sin) we have in our lives - problems that cause our existence to be less than satisfying at best and destructive at worst. I think this "thirst" is often the root cause for much mental illness, drug abuse, as well as other "vices" as many look in all the wrong places to satisfy it.
There is no doubt in my mind that many ills experienced by mankind today are a representation of the hunger, the thirst we all have for acquiring those answers to life that bring us a sense of well-being, a sense of fulfillment, purpose and satisfaction in life. A hunger and thirst for contact with the One who is greater than we are, the One who can address the wrongs this sinful world has sent our way, the One before whom we feel our shortcomings - the One we will all have to give an account to following this life.
The reality is, we are all needy in our lost and fallen state, and Jesus Christ provides the only provision that addresses the need, no matter how it is felt. We can entertain ourselves with toys, with pleasures, with best this life has to offer "under the sun" but it is only Jesus Christ that can satisfy the deepest needs, the deepest hunger, the deepest thirst we have for things eternal.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
These are the words Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus was returning to Galilee from Judea, and as he passed through Samaria, he stopped at a well to drink where he met this woman and asked her for water. After telling her of a "living water" he could provider her, she, not understanding, wanted to know just how Jesus would draw water from the well - how would he get it since he didn't have anything with which to draw water?
The cup of water Jesus spoke of, of course, was the cup of salvation. He told her that he was the Messiah, the One for whom she was waiting to explain all things. He is the source of what satisfies for an eternity - as "a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
In thinking of a drink of water that Jesus used as a metaphor, it brings to mind some thoughts for me.
The first being that just as we all get thirsty to keep our bodies hydrated, we all do, in fact, thirst for things eternal - we seek refreshment for our souls, our spirits. Everyone does. Most everyone has a felt need for connecting with the Eternal, with our Creator, with God. Many of us may not understand this "spiritual thirst". But we see this thirst reflected in the many religions of the world, it is seen in the many pursuits man engages in to find solutions to those "problems" (sin) we have in our lives - problems that cause our existence to be less than satisfying at best and destructive at worst. I think this "thirst" is often the root cause for much mental illness, drug abuse, as well as other "vices" as many look in all the wrong places to satisfy it.
There is no doubt in my mind that many ills experienced by mankind today are a representation of the hunger, the thirst we all have for acquiring those answers to life that bring us a sense of well-being, a sense of fulfillment, purpose and satisfaction in life. A hunger and thirst for contact with the One who is greater than we are, the One who can address the wrongs this sinful world has sent our way, the One before whom we feel our shortcomings - the One we will all have to give an account to following this life.
The reality is, we are all needy in our lost and fallen state, and Jesus Christ provides the only provision that addresses the need, no matter how it is felt. We can entertain ourselves with toys, with pleasures, with best this life has to offer "under the sun" but it is only Jesus Christ that can satisfy the deepest needs, the deepest hunger, the deepest thirst we have for things eternal.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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