Come to the Well

"On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them." - John 7:37-38

You look at that scripture right there and I don't know what you feel about it or even if that affects you at all, but I do know that it affects me greatly. I read that scripture and I think about all the searching, all the empty things that I have chased from pornography to affection to love to control to just something to fix my brokenness. When I hear the words "anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink," I just get an overwhelming sense of peace and love when I think about that. Jesus is the only way that we are going to fill that void in our hearts. Why do we go after all these worldly things? Why do we expect other people to be our Jesus? If only this guy or girl would be in my life, then I will be saved then I will truly be happy. I don't understand the human thinking sometimes. God created us as some really complicated creatures if you ask me, but honestly though we go through life expecting all the worldly things and people to make us happy and save us from our brokenness. 

It says in that piece of scripture that if we believe in Jesus, and his Majesty then the Holy Spirit will enter into our hearts. When that happens, the Spirit then starts chiseling in your heart and helps you mature in your faith. I mean I am just now finally accepting the Spirit into my heart, and I can tell you that I feel so much at ease. I have had to make some sacrifices, but God sacrificed his SON. Shouldn't I be willing to sacrifice some things in my life that might seem okay to have for God? I mean God sacrificed his Son. Jesus seemed okay on Earth right? I mean he had a pretty good life up to the Crucifixion, but he sacrificed what was okay in order for God to make it great. He sacrificed his life for something greater, so that we would have eternal happiness and love through Him for the rest of our small lives and eternal life to come. 

Okay that was a pretty epic side-tangent. I like what I did there. Anyway, we as humans thirst so much for all these worldly things. I mean the list goes on and on for what is important in our lives. God and Jesus is always something to a background item even in the eyes of Christians. We go through the motions of going to confirmation and church on the weekends, but honestly there is no Spiritual growth there. We put God on the back-burner. I like calling it "Back-burner Christianity." (Clever right?) I was the exact same way until about a year ago. I accepted Jesus into my heart as a freshmen in high-school, and then really just left it at that. I didn't grow in spiritual maturity, and then still kept searching for all those other avenues of affection and love. I used people for that, and my addiction to pornography was another avenue I used in order to fill that void. I accepted Jesus and was a Christian, but I was still thirsty because I didn't drink the water that was being poured over me. Even though God was pouring his love through Jesus allover me, I never drank that living water. I never let that affect my whole outlook on life! I never was able to see God in all that I do and in everyone that I met! That is really amazing to let the Father be the father of you life, and to let him control it all. 

I am going to end this post with some lyrics from the song "The Well" by Casting Crowns, and then pose a question after that with some prayer so bear with me here.

Leave it all behind.
Your pursuit of perfection.
Leave it all behind.
Your fear of rejection.
Leave it all behind.
Your temporary pleasure.
Leave it all behind.
Your pursuit of treasure.
Leave it all behind.
The chains of addiction.
Leave it all behind, and come to the well.

That song really just shows everything that I said before. Jesus is that well of living water. Leave all that has happened in our past. Everything that we once were and let Jesus enter into our hearts. Read the Word, pray, worship Him, and let God work in your heart. That is the only thing that is going to fill your heart up. Not people. Not drugs. Not alcohol. Not sex. Not everything that we feel is good in our lives, but Jesus will. I have left it all behind and have jumped into that well of living water. Are you willing to let Jesus change your life completely? 

Lord Jesus. We just praise you today for just being that well of everlasting water that we can go to when we are thirsty. We just love you Lord, and all we want is for you to take full control of our lives. Take all the control that we want and some that we enjoy, and do your will on our lives. I just ask that all of us realize that all the things that we chase after in this life are nothing unless we have You leading our way. Unless we have your Spirit in our hearts and have you living inside us nothing that we do will fulfill the desires of our hearts Lord. You are the desire of my heart, and I just pray that we all can live in harmony with you. Lord Jesus help us grow in relationship with you and mature us according to your Holy Spirit which is within us. In the most holy of names I pray. Amen.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.  May He look upon you with favor, and bring you peace. Amen.