Living Water

Summer is in full swing. But the weather is not cooperating. Here in California the summer has been very mild. Our family was a Golden Gate Park in San Francisco the other day and it was 57 degrees in the middle of the day! Even for San Francisco, that is cold for August! The kids cannot believe the summer is near an end. We will start the Fall routine this week with football, soccer and volleyball practice, all starting up for the Fall seasons. We are looking forward to an action packed Fall 2010!

Now let's get back to our study in John Chapter 4, verses 10 to 14, with particular focus on 13b and 14a...." "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst."


As we think about these verses we see Jesus in His humanity. We can further grasp the concept that Jesus is in human form by seeing human traits like thirst and fatigue in His life. But with Jesus being someone who is always in perfect alignment with the Spirit of God, He, even in His weary state, is thinking of the spiritual needs of someone else. He uses the water, the well and physical thirst as a link to our need for spiritual nourishment from God. He knows this woman is parched spiritually. But, He shows that He has something for her soul that will offer "a fountain of water, springing up into everlasting life." The analogy was perfect. This woman sees a weary, hot, thirsty sojourning Jew, seemingly desperate enough to violate the social rules of the time to seek water from a woman in public. But as I mentioned, Jesus uses his physically fatigued state as a doorway to conversation about this woman's spiritual life.


We can all be enticed to continue to seek the "living water" offered by God's Word. Just like our physical bodies need water and food, our spirit needs continual sustenance from God. Otherwise our spirit grows weak and moves closer to death. We can gain by the Living Water Jesus offers by 1.) Prayer and Communication to the Lord; 2.) Honesty in where we stand spiritually before the Lord; 3.) A desire to continually align ourselves with Jesus; 4.) Reading and studying the Bible and 5.) Seeking and apply to our lives the plan that God has for us.


"Dear Jesus, Quench my thirsty soul with the Living Water that You speak of. Bring on this water and lead me and those around me to everlasting life. Amen"