There is a well in the spirit where no bucket is needed, and from which the weary may drink without price. This well is not found in a place, but in a person—Jesus Christ. He once stood and cried out, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me… out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” John 7:37–38. The invitation still echoes. It is not for the qualified or the righteous, but for the thirsty.
There was a woman who came to draw water at the hottest hour of the day, when others avoided the well. She came alone, carrying shame and sorrow, marked by failed relationships and deep loneliness. But Jesus was waiting for her. Tired from His journey, He sat at the well and said, “Give me to drink” (John 4:7). It wasn’t just about water—it was a call to a sacred conversation. He knew her life in full detail, yet instead of condemnation, He offered her something no man had ever given her: living water. He said, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life” John 4:13–14.
This living water is the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus promised would dwell in all who believe. “But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive” John 7:39. The water He gives satisfies in a way the world never can. It reaches into the soul and restores. It fills the dry places that success, pleasure, or religion cannot. And more than satisfying us, it transforms us—we become fountains. Not just vessels that are filled, but sources that overflow. “With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation” Isaiah 12:3.
Still, many are drawing from broken cisterns—things that cannot hold water. The Lord once said, “My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water” Jeremiah 2:13. Yet even now, He calls again: come, drink freely. “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters” Isaiah 55:1. Your thirst is not a sign of failure—it is the Spirit drawing you near.
Lord, I am thirsty. Not just for answers or blessings, but for you. Let your living water flow in me and through me. Heal the dry places in my heart. Be the well within me, always springing up to eternal life. Amen.
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