‘But those who drink the water
I give will never be thirsty again.’ John 4:14
Jesus asked the woman at the
well for a drink of water. Surprised that a Jew would talk to a Samaritan, she
asked Him why He was asking her for water. He replied: ‘If you knew…who I am,
you would be asking me for…living water. Everyone who drinks this water will
get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never
thirst - not ever’ (vv. 10, 13-14 MSG). Notice the distinction between ‘this
water’ and ‘the water I give’. Jesus wasn’t discussing regional water
qualities. He was talking about her five failed marriages and the man she was
currently living with. The truth is, she had no idea how or where to find the
satisfaction she’d thirsted for. One disappointing relationship after another;
no matter how often she drank from ‘this water’ her thirst could not be
satisfied. And her response to each failed relationship was another failed
relationship - supposing, as we often do, that doing more of what doesn’t work
will eventually make it work! Jesus wasn’t criticising her lack of morals. No,
He was offering her the only real cure for emptiness. ‘Anyone who drinks the
water…I give will never thirst again.’ Whatever you’re looking to for
fulfilment - drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, serial relationships, money, or
popularity - it’s all water that can never satisfy. Focusing your life on
Jesus, spending time with Him, talking with Him, and ‘drinking in’ His Word
daily will absolutely fill the void within you.
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