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Day 34 - Come Meet the Soul-Thirst-Quencher! Part 4

Scripture:
“Everyone who drinks this [well] water will be thirsty again, but 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: 10, 13-14).

Reflection:
As the Samaritan woman believes that Jesus is the Messiah, the living water of
the Lord wells up in her quenching a soul thirst within her that she didn’t even
fully know, nor could she comprehend that it existed within her (This same
ignorant state exists within us as well until we are made conscious of our soul’s
true need by the Holy Spirit). Consequently, she is no longer sin-shamed and
instead is liberated to run to, rather than run from, the townspeople to tell them
about Jesus. They, in turn, come to meet Jesus for themselves to have the thirst
of their own inner soul-thirsts quenched with His living water as they too believe
that He is the Savior of the world (vv. 28-30, 39-42).

Yes, I love Psalm 42:1-2 because it reminds me that my soul and all souls can
only be satiated and satisfied as we meet with the living God and receive the
living water that only He can give, water that will eternally quench our otherwise
unquenchable thirst.

Oh, won’t you come and meet with God, the Soul-Thirst-Quencher of us all, and
have your soul’s thirst need quenched, once and for all?!

Prayer:
Beloved Lord God, quenched my soul’s thirst once and for all. Amen

About the Contributor:

Rev. Dr. Janae Moore
Mt. Zion AME Church, Severn, MD

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