The Well Within

“’Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,’ Jesus told her, ‘but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” John 4:13-14

The woman at the well is one of the most tender exchanges between the hearts of Jesus and mankind. It describes how we will seek the things of this world in an effort to satisfy, be content and be filled up. He goes on to explain that only through seeking and receiving the things of Christ can we be filled with the content of Christ. I once heard that we were all born with a ‘Christ-shaped hole’ creating a longing that only He can fill. I love this visual of our spiritual jigsaw puzzle. This passage reminds me of the old Chinese proverb that I have always loved.

‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’ This principle is paramount in our search for inner peace and satisfaction. The world gives us daily fixes with no real nourishment. We are temporarily fed by the world with no lasting contentment. But, when we allow God to teach us His basic principles for our lives we are investing in producing an inner pool from which we drink in all situations. We must allow time to drink from His well and learn His lessons so we can obtain the inner peace that continues to feed.

Don’t eat from the buffet of the world but consistently nibble on the richness of fare in the Word.