Are You Thirsty?

So Jesus comes along in John 4 and starts a conversation with a samaritan woman, which was a no-no in those days, except that the Holy Spirit led Him to go there...He HAD to go!!!

So He begins this conversation with the woman to get to something I really hadn't caught before.  He wanted to talk about the living water that He offers to all mankind, but either she didn't get where Jesus was going or she wasn't going to take the bait, but then Jesus pulled a Master punch by asking her to go get her husband.  Well, here we go.  She is going to get blasted from Jesus like everyone else in the community does to her, although Jesus has a different angle here.  She stutters and finally confesses that the man she is with is not her husband.  Busted.  Death.  Except, that is not where Jesus is going with her.  In fact, I could sense silence sitting in this place and she is ready for the religious leaders to come around the corner any moment, but nothing.  And not even Jesus Himself, who just exposed her is even making a move.  She responds by changing the subject and Jesus just walks right with her...haha, He isn't leaving until her eyes are opened to who He is.  She eventually states something about the Messiah (where did she learn that concept and understanding?) to which Jesus joyfully screamed out, "I am He."  Here's the deal:

He entered into her story to lovingly escort her into His story...His story of grace and love and more importantly, that He is the Living Water, and all who drink never get thirsty again.  Isn't that beautiful?  And He does the same with you and me.  He wants to enter into your story, to get you to journey into His Story and let me tell you friends, His story is much better.  What a beautiful scene we have here, a broken, down-hearted woman who is seeking water and she would go anywhere to find it and then one day the Living Water shows up to her and part of me wonders that it showed up because she was actually looking for it.  Are you seeking the Lord?  Are you thirsty for something?  When we are thirsty, we will drink anything to quench it.  I think she is at this point, but didn't know what to do.  So Jesus entered and took care of it with her...and do you know what happened next?

She drank so much and her cup was running over that she ran back to her home town and told everyone about her encounter with the Living Water and how her thirst was quench and other people found Living Water that day because of her testimony.  Have you tasted and seen that the Lord is good today?  Well, do so right now.  And once you have found Jesus, remember that there are people around you who are thirsty and broken.  And instead of being arms length from them, embrace that they are truly looking for what this samaritan woman was looking for and you can be a part of helping them find Living Water.  I love John 4...spend some time drinking in that chapter today.