Dried Up Wells
As humans, we all have a thirst for something. I am not
talking about the thirst for water or that delicious Blue Frost Gatorade in the
middle of July; however, that is definitely a legitimate thirst. I am talking
about the thirst that is so deep down in our souls that no one, no thing, or no
decision can quench.
The thirst that only Jesus Christ can truly quench,
eternally.
I am sure we are all pretty familiar with the story of the
woman at the well. This Samaritan woman came to the well where Jesus was waiting.
This woman had been with many men and was living with someone now whom she
wasn’t married to, obviously trying to find her fulfillment in these
relationships. But Jesus comes in with sweet news like always.
“Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be
thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.
Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up
to eternal life.” (John 4:13-14)
This woman has been running to a well that would never
satisfy her for more than a short period of time. This isn’t just the story of
how we can find eternal satisfaction in Jesus, but a story of how our running
to other things for satisfaction will never last.
That new hair style will satisfy for a couple weeks. That
new purse will satisfy until the better style comes out. That A in a class will
satisfy until the next semester. That new relationship will satisfy until the
first argument arises.
We have to stop running to wells that will run dry.
I am a people person. I love to make people laugh. I love
for people to love me. I find my ultimate satisfaction and security in knowing
that I am liked. But boy, that doesn’t last. I am going to disappoint along
with get disappointed.
But how different would it be if I ran to the eternal well
of Jesus to know I was loved.
John 7:37 scream at
us, IF YOU ARE THIRSTY COME AND I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO DRINK.
It couldn’t be any clearer than that. We are going to thirst
in this world, we are going to strive for a certain image, we are going to long
for the latest and greatest, we are going to yearn to be filled with something.
Only Jesus can fill us.
I challenge you, along with myself, to run to the well of
Jesus each moment that we are longing to be satisfied in something deeper.
Come just as you are, thirsty for something deeper, and
drink for free, eternally.
Written by Sarah Osborne
Written by Sarah Osborne
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