John 4:7-14

7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10Jesus 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.” 11She 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?” 13Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14but 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.”  Read more of the story by clicking here…

Jesus.

Just a moment with You.  Just to sit with You, Jesus, just to set my heavy burdens down at Your feet and look into Your eyes, to look Love in the eyes and know that Love sees it all…sees all of me…and meets me here, despite it all.  

Where the Water quenches.  

Where my parched soul is satisfied.  

Where I drink of Life to the fullest, Life to the deepest.

Where Life is restored, renewed.

My striving ceases, and I know that You are God.  Because I see You with the eyes of my heart and You see me and despite my bitter heart, my senseless words, my ignorance…of Who You truly are…of how utterly Holy You are…DESPITE my ignorance of the cost You paid to have me sitting here with You…despite my beastliness to Your image~bearers…(including myself)…You meet me here and tell me to draw of Your Living Water.  (How can this be??  Such a great, unfathomable love.)

And You “…wash me by the cleansing of Your Word…”  (Ephesians 5:26)

Let Your Truth~soaked, Living~Well Water penetrate to my core.  The truth that You love me despite all I’ve done.  The truth that You came for the lost, the broken, that You came not for the perfect but for the imperfect, ugly messes.

The truth that You sit at the well and talk to the unworthy ones.  The outcasts.  The unlovable ones.

Jesus.

Soak into my entire being.

Saturate my soul.  

Become a well of water within me, springing up to eternal life.  I will sing to You and say…“All my springs of joy are in you.” (Psalm 87:7b) 

I will sing to You alone and say…

“How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!  (I)… take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. (I) drink (my) fill of the abundance of Your house; and You give (me) to drink of the river of Your delights.  For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light (I) see light.”  (Psalm 36:7-9…I changed the words in the parentheses to make it personal!)

Jesus, I  drink deeply of the river of Your delights!!  I dive in and I’m saturated in Your river.

“My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.”  (Psalm 63:5)

YOU…only YOU…are the fountain of Life.

In Your light we see Light.

In your eyes we see Love.

(Do I look at people with eyes of love?  Give me Your eyes, Jesus!!  Give me Your heart.)

So, I sit, I soak You in.  I soak in You.

I dig deep into Your Word and know that You promise that “You will seek Me and FIND ME when you search for Me with ALL your heart.”  

I seek You, Lord.  All of my heart seeks You.

“Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.”  (Psalm 86:11)

God, You keep Your promises.  You are Faithful and True.  I come to You expectantly, Lord.

Thank You for meeting me here.  Thank You for quenching my soul with Your Living Water…with Your Living Word…with Your LIVING SON.

Jesus, thank You for sitting at the well with that Woman of Samaria.  With the “outcast woman”.  Thank You for the message that You gave to us by sitting there, with her, that day.  For telling all of the sinners that this is what You do, and THIS is why You came.  Jesus, Friend of sinners, thank You.

Blessings,

~Nicole

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.  Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”  (Colossians 3:16-17)