Good
morning boys and girls!
Do
you see this glass of water that I have here by the pulpit? Why do you think I
have it here?
Well,
sometimes I get thirsty just like all of you. I get very thirsty when I preach
sermons because I’m talking all the time. We also get thirsty when we exercise
a lot or on a hot day or when we’re eating food. This water is very good for
us.
There
is another type of water that is just as good for us. Can anyone tell me what
it is? It is the living water that Jesus offers to all of us. For example, in
John 4:5-42 Jesus offered living water to the woman at the well. One day Jesus
was walking through a town in Samaria. He was hot and tired so he sat down
beside a well to rest. A woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus
asked her to give him a drink. She was surprised that Jesus spoke to her
because Jews did not usually speak to Samaritans.
She
asked him why he asked her for a drink since he was a Jew and she was a
Samaritan. Jesus said that if she knew who was asking her for a drink, she
would ask him for a drink and he would give her living water. In response, she
asked how he could give her living water when he did not have anything to get
water with. Jesus said, “Whoever drinks the water from this well will be
thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never be thirsty
again.”
Isn’t
that great! We would never have to be thirsty again. Jesus was talking about
our thirst for God. That is a thirst that only he can satisfy. When Jesus is in
our hearts, he satisfies our thirst for God and we will never be thirsty again.
Let
us close our eyes and bow our heads for a moment of prayer. Dear God, thank you
for giving us living water. May this living water always satisfy our thirst,
and may we never be thirsty again. In Jesus’ name we pray, AMEN.
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