Will There Be Enough Water?

"Will there be enough water,

when my ship comes in?

Will there be enough water,

when my ship comes in?

Dean Fertita & Jack White

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

John 4:13,14

We are wired to desire fellowship and to be loved and validated. We want to be accepted and liked and we will often find ourselves liking people who like us and/or validate us. We are relational beings, yet sin has severed our ability to have healthy relationships. Christ came to earth and He did not preach adherence to rules or any of the other religious jargon that seems to burden us so. He came and loved. He was friends with sinners. He hung out with poor people and tax collectors. I have always been convinced that if Jesus were here in the flesh, that He and I would go to a bar and have a few beers and hang out. Thats what Jesus did. He would probably invite my gay friends to come along. The elitists hated Him for it. But the point remains and is affirmed by His lifestyle. Jesus loves us and He has made every provision for us.

Just as Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well and just as he told Peter and the disciples, and Paul along the road to Damascus, His grace is sufficient for us. How often do we trade in the sufficiency of His grace for say, approval from a friend or validation at work? How many times do we receive praise from men and feel exceedingly proud of ourselves and happy while we read God's word and just feel kind of "blah"? I often trade in living water from Christ for the dirty water of men. When I go to work, I know in my mind that I am going to worship Christ by being submissive to my bosses and serving my co-workers. How quickly my attitude changes when I feel I am wronged and then seek validation from others in conjunction with my "rightness". If Christ is sufficient for me, then it isn't a matter of being right or wrong or treated fairly or unfairly or any other notions that distract us from our one sole purpose: To love.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1

I pray not only that I can love like Christ but that I will allow myself to be loved by Christ and find my sufficiency in His love. With Christ, I have the ultimate fellowship. The fellowship and love that God intended for man before sin came along and ruined us all. Let us love Christ and let His living water be the only validation, acceptance, and approval that we would ever want. With His water, we shall never thirst again. With His water we have EVERYTHING we could ever want or need. Let's drink!

1: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7