“When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’ (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.’ “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” Jesus answered, ‘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.’ The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
John 4:7-15
In the pursuit of life’s treasures, we often find ourselves on a quest akin to Juan Ponce de Leon’s search for the Fountain of Youth.
Like him, we chase after the fleeting promises of this world, longing for something that can grant us eternal fulfillment. But just as Ponce de Leon sought in vain, we too often find ourselves empty, grasping at mirages that vanish with each passing moment. Like Rolling Stone’s Mick Jagger sings, “I can’t get no satisfaction.”
Yet, amidst our search, a wellspring of living water stands, beckoning us to partake in its eternal refreshment. Jesus, sitting by the well, extends an invitation not just to quench our physical thirst but to satisfy the deeper longings of our souls. He offers us the living water that springs to eternal life, a source of true and lasting fulfillment.
Just as Jesus crossed cultural barriers to speak with the Samaritan woman in John 4, He crosses the barriers of our hearts, reaching out to us in our moments of need. He meets us in our humanity, acknowledging our thirst for something more than this world can offer.
And just as He led the Samaritan woman from cluelessness to salvation, He leads us from the shallowness of worldly pursuits to the depths of spiritual satisfaction.
Let us heed His call to worship in spirit and truth, casting aside the empty promises of this world and embracing the abundant life found in Him.
Like the Samaritan woman, may we leave behind our water pots of worldly desires and become heralds of the living water, inviting others to taste and see that the Lord is good.
Jesus is like a cool drink of water on a hot, dusty day. He quenches our thirst for life – forever!
Taken from a sermon by Bryant Wright, Founder, RFTH
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Read “Ultimate Joy = Satisfaction” also by Bryant Wright
