September 26, 2011 A Quenching Drink

A Quenching Drink
Read John 4

John 4:7-8 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”

THERE IS much written about this chapter. Jesus’ extraordinary love is richly exposed here as he, weary in travel, stops to talk to a woman weary in soul.
“Will you give me a drink?” our Lord asks.
This is such an incredible question! Here the Living Water requests a drink from a woman thirsting for peace in her life. Why?
It’s always a bit scary to ask, “Why?” of God, but I’ll venture an answer. Jesus’ greatest desire is not to soothe his dry tongue but to wash over the woman’s dry soul. And to do this, he wanted the woman to focus on him. He introduced himself with a common question in an uncommon circumstance. Jewish men never talked to Samaritan women.
But the Perfect One opened himself to the thirsty woman, and he, in effect, said, “Come serve me and see what I give back to you. Trust that what I have to give you is more than ordinary water. It is the water of life—for you—forever.
Are you thirsty for love, joy, peace and gentleness in your life? Then trust your Lord. Turn to him and serve him with your heart, mind and, yes, even with your hands.
When you do, he will quench your thirst. Be filled with a drink from the Living Water.


Pause and Consider: how refreshing it is to drink a cold glass of water on a hot day. Jesus daily refreshes you that way.