"Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 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." (John 4:13-14 KJV)
"For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. The the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God." (Isaiah 54:5-6 KJV)
Maybe it is just me, but there is something I feel is more important in this story than just feeling good and hoping to quench a thirst; at least not the kind of thirst we think about here on this world. This is by far thee most important part of the story: knowing that God loves you! If you are wondering how that is the subject being discussed, well, that is the deepest part of this Story: His-Story!
One the of greatest things I discovered as a new believer, was God's love; not just that He loved me, but that He has always loved me, even when I gave Him no respect! That my friend is something we must never ever forget! It is not something we do that makes Him love us, but it is what He has done for us; not when we were doing nothing, but when we were doing wrong, living as though we cared nothing about Him, and hated it when we heard about how much He cared for us.
This is not just your average love affair, one that is based upon feelings of passion or desires; this is about coming to the place where love covers all! Where there is nothing left that matters but getting lost in His everlasting love, because His love never quits, it never runs dry; and the best part of all, is that you absolutely know it, because it is springing up inside of you...
"When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God." (Ephesians 3:14-19 NLT)
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