John 4

What a long and incredibly rich chapter! For now, however, I will just focus on one verse that really struck me. Jesus said, "but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst." – John 4:14

Is this true of your life?

I know for a fact that there are times in my life where I thirst for the things I shouldn't thirst for. I shouldn't want them, and yet I do, but Jesus tells us that a life in Him should keep us from thirst. Have you ever been to a desert? I have been in the Mojave Desert in June and stood in 125* heat – now that will make you thirst! We stepped out of the car and all the air we were breathing disappeared. Our clothes clung tightly to our bodies and made us wish we were back in the air conditioned car. I was thirsty then. I have been on a hike up a little mini-mountain near Phoenix. It was not hot that day, but it was certainly dry and I remember a few times wishing I had more than my water bottle with me. Jesus lives in a land not too unlike a desert when He said this. He, in this chapter, is also in Samaria, which is even more like a desert than some other areas He spent time. They knew what it was to thirst. It meant that your body desired something for the very sake of maintaining life. Man can survive without food for a long time – but not without water. It is a necessity for life. I wish Jesus were more centered in my life at times, and I will likely be ashamed one day when I see just how far from the center Jesus really was my whole life. Even when I think He is center, there is likely something there that shouldn't be. I need to thirst for Him – and He will never stop satisfying. I want to thirst for Him – God give me strength!