June 17, 2019 -- John 4:10 -- Living Water

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:10 ESV

What an amazing Name for Jesus—Living Water. Our souls thirst for him. We try to satisfy the longing of our hearts with so many different things. God made us in HIs image. We are made to long for Him. Sin interferes and thwarts that longing. Sin seeks to lure us to the desert of evil. The glutton eats rather than seeking Jesus. The alcoholic turns to booze instead of Living Water. The angry person is never at peace because of the burning, yearning of the soul that needs Living Water Who brings peace. Sin is just sand, and grit. What is promises it can never deliver.

This Name for Jesus: “Living Water” and the rich reward He brings comes at the greatest cost. When Jesus was on the cross, bearing the punishment for our sin, He cried out: “I thirst.” Crucifixion is so brutal. Those who suffered it had a raging, unbearable thirst. God punished Jesus in our place, pressed down on Him so that He Who is Living Water cried out: “I thirst”. What a point to ponder. Stop and think about this. The deep, deep love of Jesus. What grace and glory.

When you face temptation to sin, remember the sacrifice of Jesus. We have not suffered to the point of death in resisting our temptations. When you face familiar sins, remember Jesus is Living Water, He alone can supply the desire of your soul. Stand fast against sin. Call on Jesus’ Name and call Him “Living Water.”

Jesus, send Your Spirit so that the new life that is ours in Your Name keeps us from sin.

Living Water so satisfy our thirsts that Your presence and Your glory is all we seek.

Amen.