Living Water
“There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift
of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have
asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto
him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence
then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which
gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst
again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this
water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.”
(John 4:7-15)
Today’s Morsel: Every time I go to
Africa, it always amazes me when I see such small children carrying such huge
containers for getting water. I think that this may be one of the reasons
that some folks have a hard time living for Jesus, they keep coming to the well
for water, but they keep bringing such a small container or they never fill the
vessel they bring. “I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of
the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it”, saith the Lord Psalms 81:10)
When Jesus came to the wedding in Cana, they had no wine. He told the
servant to fill the waterpots with water and they filled them to the
brim. They went from zero wine to over 160 gallons instantly.
Why? They filled the pots to the brim. As the Lord told Jeremiah, “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the
fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.”
(Jeremiah 2:13) Do you have enough water to share with
others? If not, you may need to return to the springs of living water and
bring a bigger vessel to be filled.
Sing: Drinking at the springs of
living water, happy now am I, my soul they satisfy. Drinking at the
springs of living water, a wonderful and bountiful supply.
Thought For Today: How big is
your waterpot?
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