DAY 273 Read John 2 through 4.
Today's reading: Of five incidents in Christ's early ministry two involve conversations with one person--one a ruler of the Jews, the other a Samaritan woman. Both discussions reveal important spiritual truths.
Memory gem: "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14).
Thought for today:
Come with me this clear, beautiful day--join us in the bus. There are over forty of us. We are traveling southward from Samaria. It is a beautiful country, with hills and valleys. Now we see before us two mountains--turn slightly eastward--one on the south, one on the north. Between them nestles a small town called Nablus, which is an abbreviation of Neapolis or "new city."
We ride through the town, and, turning southeast, we see on our left great piles of rock--outlines of walls, towers. The ruins of the city of Shechem are being excavated by archaeologists.
A few hundred yards farther south, on the left side of the road, is a wall surrounding Jacob's well. Most archaeologists have no doubt that it is the actual well of Jacob, mentioned in the fourth chapter of John. I remember the first time I ever sat down at the well where Jesus once sat. Strange to say, there was a woman there who drew water out of the well for me. I was glad to drink. It was clear, cool, and sweet. How refreshing on that warm day of our journey!
Are you thirsty today? Is there something you feel you need and never can find? Are you dissatisfied in some way with your life? If so, remember that the spiritual thirst which God sends to the soul needs the water of life.
Christ invites, "Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (Revelation 22:17). There is no cost, no charge. Just come and receive it. Come to the well, as did the woman of old, and hear the blessed words of eternal life, and find your life changed, as hers was. Find Jesus--not only a prophet, but the blessed Messiah for whom we have looked so long, the only hope of Jew and Gentile, the Lover of all men and women and young people and boys and girls.
Come and sit down here by the well. Drink of the water of life freely. And may you be blessed, saved, and satisfied.
Today's reading: Of five incidents in Christ's early ministry two involve conversations with one person--one a ruler of the Jews, the other a Samaritan woman. Both discussions reveal important spiritual truths.
Memory gem: "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14).
Thought for today:
Come with me this clear, beautiful day--join us in the bus. There are over forty of us. We are traveling southward from Samaria. It is a beautiful country, with hills and valleys. Now we see before us two mountains--turn slightly eastward--one on the south, one on the north. Between them nestles a small town called Nablus, which is an abbreviation of Neapolis or "new city."
We ride through the town, and, turning southeast, we see on our left great piles of rock--outlines of walls, towers. The ruins of the city of Shechem are being excavated by archaeologists.
A few hundred yards farther south, on the left side of the road, is a wall surrounding Jacob's well. Most archaeologists have no doubt that it is the actual well of Jacob, mentioned in the fourth chapter of John. I remember the first time I ever sat down at the well where Jesus once sat. Strange to say, there was a woman there who drew water out of the well for me. I was glad to drink. It was clear, cool, and sweet. How refreshing on that warm day of our journey!
Are you thirsty today? Is there something you feel you need and never can find? Are you dissatisfied in some way with your life? If so, remember that the spiritual thirst which God sends to the soul needs the water of life.
Christ invites, "Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (Revelation 22:17). There is no cost, no charge. Just come and receive it. Come to the well, as did the woman of old, and hear the blessed words of eternal life, and find your life changed, as hers was. Find Jesus--not only a prophet, but the blessed Messiah for whom we have looked so long, the only hope of Jew and Gentile, the Lover of all men and women and young people and boys and girls.
Come and sit down here by the well. Drink of the water of life freely. And may you be blessed, saved, and satisfied.
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