Satisfied!

Bruce Hulshizer spoke about the Samaritan woman at the well. Here's a spin-off.

Monday, January 12, 2009: John 4:6–7, 9–10

Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
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.”

How does Jesus Christ come looking for you? He seeks you where you are.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009: John 4:11, 13-14

The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well* is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

The first well* is the word which means a hole in the ground under which lies a tank or cistern. The second is like an Artesian well where the water springs up like a fountain.
A commercial for a drink: “It satisfies; have another.” What is the problem? The deceitfulness of this world enslave to whatever you depend on. Jesus Christ satisfies fully.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009: John 4:19-21, 23

The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

What is the difference between the worship that the woman tried to divert attention to and the true worshippers that Christ spoke about? False worship appeals to the senses and gets us caught up in sight and sound. True worship is spiritual and truthful: it needs no trappings at all.

Thursday, January 15, 2009: John 4:25-26, 28-29

The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

Why did she leave her waterpot? This indicates that she was satisfied to overflowing.

Friday, January 16, 2009: John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Is it possible to have everything and not be satisfied? Or have nothing and be fully satisfied? Yes, both are not just possible but occur in our own lives. No Christ, no satisfaction; know Christ, know satisfaction.