Today’s Reading: John
37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.”
Good day!
Have you ever been really thirsty? My husband makes a “thirst-quenching” stop every morning at the Convenience filling station near our home. He is on a first-name basis with every manager there. On Sunday mornings when our United Methodist Men have breakfast, Jeff delivers an extra meal or two to the people working at the station. They keep him well-stocked in his favorite diet soft drink. I believe they have taken the challenge to quench the insatiable thirst of this circuit riding Methodist minister quite seriously.
Every time I go inside Convenient, I have to laugh out loud. You can’t help but notice the silly grin of the sales clerks as they watch my husband fill a 64-ounce cup to the brim. Quite often, he grabs two additional 24-ounce bottles to go. It makes their day. Quenching an insatiable thirst is big business around here. Fast food stops and filling stations line every corner of the community where we live. I have found that suburbanites do get thirsty often and are constantly looking for a place to purchase some much-needed refreshment.
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and announced that if anyone is thirsty, they should come to Him and drink. Jesus is offering living water to all who seek Him. It is the kind of drink that cannot be purchased. It is God’s free gift to all who will seek Him out. That thirst-quenching drink that Christ offers to all provides soul nourishment, and is the sustaining force that catapults us through this life and into the everlasting. Jesus is closer to you than the Convenient shop just down the road. You do not have to drive to Him – He will meet you right where you are. Christ can quench the thirst of your soul, if you will stop and ask Him to give you a taste of His living water. It is His free gift, given for you and me.
Are you thirsty? Come to Jesus and be refreshed.
Grace and peace,
Deb Spaulding
Faith UMC -
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