May 14, 2010

May 14 John 4:1-30
I once lived in Boiling Spring Lakes NC. Not far from my house was a spring from which the town gets its name. It is a natural spring in an area dotted with over 50 little natural lakes. Most of the lakes are spring fed. The spring for which the town is named has a tremendous output of fresh water and makes a pretty good creek that just boils up out of the ground. Some of the lakes in town are actually seasonal pools and not spring fed. As such, their depth is dependent upon the water table and the amount of rainfall that we have had. Their appearance is often scummy and dirty looking.
If I had to drink untreated water, I wouldn’t mind drinking from the spring. Its source is the same aquifer that fed the well for my house. However, I wouldn’t want to drink from the seasonal pool. Just the smell of the pond scum turns my stomach. Jesus provides living water. Living water is like the water that comes up on its own bubbling out of the ground. It is refreshing to drink. It is satisfying. It is always there. You can never be thirsty from lack because it is always there. That is what Jesus told the woman at the well. He is always there. Whenever you are thirsty, all you need do is ask. He provides.
That is the glory of My Jesus. He satisfies all the time. He has only a few requirements. One is that we be honest about our sin. Another is that we desire to worship Him in spirit and truth. And the last is similar, He desires that we seek Him. When we meet those requirements, He gives us water that bubbles up out of us that not only meets our need but also the need of others. We no longer have to settle for old dirty pond scum. We can be satisfied with Him! Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john