SPRINGS OF WATER

I have been down four different wells. I've cleaned Daniel's crooked well - 20 metres, Jon's really deep well - 35 metres, my well - 8 metres and been part way down Cheryl's to fix a hose joint. Water is so essential to life. I have had lots of problems getting water to my house. Last week I spent one entire day devoted to trying to fix the problem. With help from Jon we had intermittent water by 8pm. Now Mark and Jon have fine tuned it and we have great hot and cold running water. What a blessing.

I read in Genesis that one of the things Abraham and Isaac did was to dig many wells. They understood the daily necessity of water for life. When I was a kid one song we sang at church had the line "The well is deep and I require a draught of the water of life". Jesus said in the classic story in John 4, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty" (v 13-14).

Here everyone is clamouring for a better job - more money - home improvements - a new car - new computer etc. But I have a thirst. A thirst that only God can fill. And seeking fulfillment elsewhere is like drinking warm fizzy drink when what I really need is a long cold drink of fresh water from the well. I want to go deeper into God. His well is deep but the water He gives becomes a spring of water gushing up from the inside - giving eternal life.