A Stumbler's Walk | WATER

If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you…

- John 4:10 

We often miss the best God has to offer when we settle instead for what is simply good.

In the fourth chapter of John, Jesus meets a woman at a well. It is the hottest time of day in the deserted village center. The woman is a social outcast. She is that woman others talk about in hushed whispers. Frankly, she has earned the reputation. She has lived a hard life, a decadent life. Though seldom lacking for company, she is alone.

She is not the kind of person that God blesses; or so we would think. Thankfully, grace doesn't ask the worthiness of its target. If the recipient were deserving, grace would cease to be grace.

The woman went to the well for her daily water. What she received was so much more. That's the way it is when we meet Jesus. He seldom offers what we think we need. Instead he offers more. Like the woman at the well, we may argue, bargain and try to dance our way around our need. All the while, there is Jesus with the offer of living water.

We often miss the best God has to offer when we settle instead for what is simply good.

God, I never want to be satisfied with mere water.

For now...
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