Willingly Accept Truly Eternal Rivers
Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the
water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal
life.
John 4:14
John 4:14 is from the story of the woman at the well.
She and I have a lot in common, as you’ll soon find out.
What is eternal life?
We trust in Jesus so that we may have eternal life. Usually we understand this as a reference to
a future time when we go to heaven. This is only a snippet of the
all-encompassing meaning. Eternal is not
only future-oriented, with no ending, but also extends into the past, without a
beginning point, and includes the present. So, when I receive eternal life, I
enter into it here and now, forever and ever!
Eternal life is not merely a reference to time. Eternal life is a person, embodied in the
person of Jesus Christ, whom we are graciously enabled to know personally. Jesus
prayed, “Now this is eternal life: that
they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”
(John 17:3). Know Jesus and know eternal life!
Our lives often feel empty,
worthless, and pointless. Ponder those
wilderness, desert times of drought; then simply call out His Name and
experience eternal life now!
Will you?
Will I?
If the outcast Samaritan woman at the well received
living waters in her state of depravity while having had numerous husbands, and
was living with one who was not her husband, then so can I. I, too, have had
more than one failed marriage. For years, I wallowed and hid in shame, doubting
that God could ever use someone “like me”.
So many lies I believed about myself, some from self-condemnation, and some
from those in the body of believers. Finally, after crashing and burning in
complete brokenness, landing in the bottom of a very dark pit of despair and
hopelessness, I was able to look up and see my loving heavenly Father reaching
down to lift me up and receive me, completely accepted into His everlasting
arms. No condemnation. He did it for me and He will do it for you. Let Him!
Heavenly
Father, thank You for welcoming me to know Eternal Life right now in the person
of Your precious son, Jesus.
Karen Sims
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