Do you ever have a ache you just don't know how to fill?
We are on Christmas bread right now, its one of those perks
of being back in school. We are visiting my parents and have a nice time with
family. Two days ago after a fun filled day of decorating a gingerbread house
and playing multiple board games with my sweet daughter I found that I was
feeling empty. I told my Dad I was going to go to the store in our little tiny
town just to get out of the house for a little while. My usual M.O. in these
situations would be to find some fast food restaurant or some snack at the
grocery store to console myself. I could tell though that I needed something
more. I realized I had not been in the bible or prayer for a couple of days
sense coming to my parents house. So I plugged in my phone to the car stereo
and began to listen to the book of John. The words I heard were a substance
that seemed to fill my ache of spiritual thirst.
In John chap 4 we have to story of Jesus meeting with the
Samaritan woman at the well. John tells us that Jesus was weary. There are
several times in the gospels where Jesus was described as hungry or tired, he
really did become human, he really did get weary. On this occasion he sits down
at a well while the disciples go into town to buy some food. This Samaritan
woman comes along to draw water and Jesus with all the political incorrectness
speaks to this woman…this Samaritan woman. He asks her for some water and then
tells her of the living water that he has to offer her as the messiah. She runs
off to tell the towns people about Jesus being the messiah and the disciples
return with some food. Jesus however has already be refreshed by doing the will
of his father. Many believe in that town because of the testimony of the woman,
many more believe after hearing Jesus for themselves as he remains there for
the next 2 days.
I heard a speaker the other day call out what my life
usually looks like. He said that much of our life is spend in floating and
consuming. This is especially true of my “free time.” When I am in school or
working on some project I am pretty solid, but when I get to these open free
times I start floating and consuming. I don’t know what it is I really want out
of life. I don’t know how to fill the ache I feel inside. But every once in a
while I recognize it for what it is. I have a spiritual thirst for living water
that can only be filled by the words of Jesus and doing the will of the one who
send me.
Are you thirsty today and you just can’t figure out why? May
you come to Jesus and drink deeply from his words of life and find fulfillment
in living a life filled with the mission of God.
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