Devotion:
Read John 4:1-14.
The Samaritan woman in today's story had a thirst that needed to be quenched. The thirst was in her soul and Jesus focused on her. He took a straight route through Samaria at a time when most Jews would go miles out of their way to avoid the land of a people they despised. Jesus met this woman at a well in Samaria, and he offered her water that could reach the driest places of her soul.
Jesus offers this needed living water to us, too. Though we might not recognize it, we need him desperately as a person who is thirsty not only for physical water, but the water that is the Holy Spirit quenching our spiritual thirst.
Until our spiritual thirst is quenched by Jesus, it won’t go away. We may try to stop our thirst with shopping, relationships, busyness, sports, travel, or a variety of other beverages. But Jesus makes us a much better offer. He says that whoever drinks the water he gives will never thirst. The water he gives will become a spring of water welling up to eternal life. What a welcome concept.
Personal Worship Option:
Dear Jesus, we know that the water that you give us is not any that the world's resources can supply. Thank you for quenching our thirst when we accept it with gratitude. Quench my thirst, Lord, with the water of eternal life. Amen.
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