Quenched.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Quenched. Have you ever been so thirsty that you just didn’t think you would survive another minute without something to drink? Your mouth was dry and your head was even starting to hurt a little bit. It seems like your energy level is already beginning to drop by the time you feel that desperate for some liquid to refresh you. When you finally do get something, it just doesn’t seem like anything does the trick quite as well as a tall glass of water. And you can’t get enough of it.
When I came to Jesus that was my condition. The night I fell on my face and cried out for the forgiveness of my sin I was so thirsty I couldn’t go one more step without the Quencher. I felt like my energy was depleted. I knew He was exactly what I needed to fix my need. And the very moment He came into my life I was changed forever.
Jesus had a unique conversation with a woman at the well in John 4. She wasn’t “like Him.” She was a Samaritan, and in the eyes of every other Jewish person she wasn’t worth talking to. But Jesus did. And not only did He talk to her, He gave her something that would last her for the rest of eternity.
You see, she was at a well to do what you did at wells: draw water. She was collecting the life sustaining substance that she and her household needed to survive. Little did she know that when she went home that day, her soul’s thirst would be quenched as well.
Scripture says that this woman had been chasing relationships to fill the void in her heart. She had been married 4 times and was currently living with a man that she wasn’t even married to. Though she didn’t know what the need was, she had sensed all her life that something was missing. That’s why she had been searching for fulfillment through other means.
We are all born with a void. Many try to fill that emptiness with relationships, or money, or hobbies, or even religion. The only problem is that the void in our lives is God-shaped. Just like trying to put a square peg into a round hole, trying to fill the God-shaped hole in our heart with anything but Him is useless and will leave us feeling empty.
But today, Jesus stands and offers to quench our thirst forever. He can fill that void and make us new. A relationship with Him not only brings forgiveness of our sins and peace with God, but it brings a satisfaction and contentment that nothing/no one else can.
So what about you: are you thirsty? Come to the One who gives Living Water, and you’ll never thirst again.



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Until next time,
blake

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