What’s your go-to drink of choice when you’re REALLY thirsty? I drink coffee every day, but I definitely don’t reach for a nice hot cup when I finish a workout. For me, nothing quite satisfies like cold water. But sometimes a cold soda or sugary drink looks even better. It’s easy to not WANT what we really NEED.
John 4:13-15 says, “Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 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. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.” This “woman at the well” (as she’s often called) was excited to get relief from a temporary problem. She wanted to not have to draw water out of the well every day. But Jesus was offering her what she needed most: living water (a picture of eternal salvation that only He offers).
A lot of times the solution we want is not what’s best for us, not what we genuinely need.
Let’s come to Jesus to get our real needs met even if Jesus doesn’t always give us every temporary thing we want.