Devotion:
Read John 4:1-15.
I believe God’s mission has never changed since the time when us humans broke our relationship with God. This Holy Spirit who gave us life has been seeking to restore that relationship in every human. God has tried different methods to reach us. And Jesus gave us different images to describe it.
This scene in our passage for today is another of those images. Jesus describes what God offers as “living water” which will satisfy the deepest thirsts within us. It is emblematic of the covenant God has been offering since Abram. God initiates this covenant relationship and each of us have the option of entering into that covenant. Here, Jesus offers this “living water” and gives the woman the opportunity to receive it and live her life differently.
Grace is God’s free gift of love, acceptance and forgiveness that invites us to receive it and be changed forever. As we live into that covenant, we continue to grow in this grace and learn what it means to be his people. How often do you drink this “living water”? Are you continuing to grow in receiving and sharing this grace?
Personal Worship Option:
As a glass of water refreshes and replenishes you when you are thirsty, what spiritual practice best replenishes and refreshes your soul? How often do you “drink” that practice? Do you need to renew or deepen that practice today?
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