John 4:10-14 – “Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”  11 She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? 12 “You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;  14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”   NASU

Then came, THE FALL springing from THE LIE – You shall be as God.  If you cast God aside then you will be independent, in charge and in control was THE LIE.  The suggestion was that once they did that they would be ‘self-sufficient’, ‘all-powerful’ and LIKE GOD.  When man believed THE LIE he was united to it.  It was not a thought or theory it was linked to the foundation of his being and since that event mankind has been built upon THE LIE.  In believing this LIE of hell they severed themselves from GOD now they are independent rather than dependent.

Deep inside the heart of every person is the knowledge that we are GUILTY that we have MISSED THE MARK and with guilt comes shame.  THE LIE said, Declare yourselves independent of God and you will become god so man did and instead of being fulfilled he found himself empty and full of fear.  Since he finds it difficult to believe that all this was a LIE he then must conclude there is something wrong with him.  The league between man and the devil is a true tragedy.  Man partnered with the devil who, hates the human race and is identified in the Bible as “the accuser of the brethren”.  Man’s insecurities and failures are reinforced by the devil so that man left the Garden feeling worthless filled with shame and demonstrating emptiness within his being.  He had an incredible THIRST.

He is thirsty but he’s in control of his own life now so, if his thirst is to be satisfied he is going to have to find a way so the endless search for significance, purpose, worthiness, and value begins and continues to this day.  Jeremiah said, “My people have committed two evils. Forsaken Me, the fountain of Living Water in order to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.”   They rebelled against God and then had the audacity to substitute self for God.

No wonder the words of our Lord as He cried out, “Everyone who is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.”  No wonder the Psalmist declared, ‘As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul longs for thee O God.’  Think of that imagery!  A deer in drought!  That’s me, Lord that’s me!  Every part of my being is panting for you.  I long for you!

Psalms 63:1 – “…I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.” NASU

THE WOMAN AT THE WELL….

Jesus told her you had five husbands and the one you are now with is not your husband.  Please hear me:  If you are going to understand people you cannot get a burr under your blanket over what they do you seek to understand why they do it.  Jesus never seemed concerned with the what, but the why.

We have a twisted view of being loved, having significance, and gaining respect.  We desperately want others to like us for if they like us, if they smile at us, if they accept us we will feel good and therefore we seek to do anything to achieve that and thereby become slaves to that mentality.  We do that with our children trying to force them to turn out right so others will respect and accept us.  We do that with possessions for if we have enough we will be valued and significant.  That’s why some go on spending sprees and over eat they are hungry for acceptance and when they feel low or rejected they react.

Jesus said:  “I am the Bread of Life.  He who comes to Me shall not hunger.  He who believes in Me shall never thirst.”  (Amplified) = Shall never thirst anymore at any time!  The only way to quench that thirst in the heart of man is a personal union with God.  If you have received Christ you are LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY.  You are VALUED.  The value of any object is what someone will pay for it and consider what God paid for you!  In Christ we are LOVED, have SIGNIFICANCE, and VALUE.  We have a mission and everything is of eternal importance.

If the president of the United States were to come to DFW and clean toilets all the news networks would be here too.  The world would watch a man clean a toilet.  Cleaning toilets is a menial task but suddenly it would become important.  WHY?  It is not the task but the person who does the task.  So it is inconsequential what your occupation is, if you are made in the image of God and you are if you have been purchased by the Blood of Jesus, indwelt by Christ THEN whatever you do you bring importance to it that it never had before.  Do not allow a mentality of slavery overpower who you are in Christ!

            May the Lord bless you as you go through your day!