The Well That Never Runs Dry!

Our Text: On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37-38, NKJV)

The Samaritan woman at the well, to whom this same world-wide proclamation was affirmed as a simple fact, in a sense immediately grasped the import of His offer because she knew that once she got that water which He offered, she’d never have to come and fetch from that well again.

But whichever way He made this offer, He was making the Almighty Father’s proclamation in Isaiah 55:1 that everyone who thirsts should come get water and he who has no money should come and buy and eat, buy wine and milk without money or price.

And still we run around hungry and thirsty. We run away from the one who calls to buy without money, to drink from a well that cannot deplete and we run to the one who can make rich in this world, but with an eternity of sorrow added to it. We are so caught up in “right now” that we don’t care about the consequences of the momentary respite we get. We think nothing of the eternal or at least, long term effect of the break we’re seeking from the one who has a matchless hatred for us. We need to understand that whatever is not received from the Almighty Father, through Jesus Christ, no matter how innocuous it may appear, has sorrow attached to it, as well as eternal consequences.

Now, to be filled from this well, we have to be emptied of the corruption that’s been in us. This emptying process is gradual, and the pace is partly, if not wholly determined by how much we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in this work. Some things we easily part with, others, not so. Some items we bring with us from Egypt, we don’t want to part with. Then there are those we seem to be unaware that they are in our possession and when the Holy Spirit points them out, we argue! We either insist that we don’t have them (which is tantamount to lying for the Bible says “Let God be true but every man a liar” in Romans 3:4), or we try to justify them! Yet we know that He is justified when He speaks and clear when He judges. See Psalm 51:4. Also we know that by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight.

How about we join the Samaritan woman and ask for this water which gives life and never runs dry. He has provided it for us and made sure that all can afford it by charging no money or usury for it. All we have to do is come to the well and fetch the water to quench our thirst, heal and give us eternal life, rest and peace.

It is always wise to fall into the hands of the Living God because therein lies boundless mercy and unfailing compassion.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, please help me to draw from the well of living water, in Jesus’s name, Amen.

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