March 18, 2006	Read John 4:1-26
“How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?”
FOR ALL WHO THIRST All morning, Jesus and his disciples had trudged along the hot and dusty roads of Samaria. Jesus was hot. He was tired. And, especially, he was thirsty And he had no way to reach the cool, refreshing water more than 100 feet below where he sat. Along came another thirsty person. She had a jug, a rope, and other necessities to draw her day’s supply of water. She had a way to quench Jesus’ thirst. But she did not know how to quench her own, a thirst that had been her companion for most of her wearisome life. She had gone from husband to husband to husband, but still she sought the satisfaction she craved. She was thirsty for love and joy and peace and for all the blessings that come from knowing and trusting Jesus. It’s common knowledge that a person can live for 20 or 30 days without food. But without water, a person can survive only two or three days. Thirst is a condition that demands to be satisfied. And so the Samaritan woman continued seeking the perfect peace that passes human understanding.  And when – at Jesus’ invitation – she was able to take a long, satisfying quaff of the living water, she was eager to share it with her family and friends. That same living water is available to us – to us who come to Jesus in faith and regularly drink deeply and often. Our thirst quenched, we can live every day experiencing and sharing the blessings of Christ’s life, abundantly blessing our own and those we encounter every day.   Heavenly Father, let me drink deeply of the refreshing water of life in Christ. To know him is to know life eternal and abundant. Amen. Wil Johnson

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