Come to the Water
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.
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters.
Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Beloved family and friends, some of you are thirsty and you have been trying to drink from empty wells. Work. People. News. Worldly distractions. It promises to fill you and leaves you drier than before.
Jesus stood up on the last and greatest day of the feast and cried out. He did not whisper it. He cried out. Because thirst is not a small thing, and He is not a small Savior.
Look at the woman at the well in John 4. She came in the heat of the day with a jar and a past. Jesus asked her for a drink, then offered her living water. She had been drawing from a well that could not satisfy. He offered water that would become a spring in her, welling up to eternal life. She left the jar, and ran to town saying, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.” That is what happens when thirsty people finally drink. They cannot keep Him to themselves.
Israel learned this in the wilderness. They grumbled. They thought they would die of thirst. God told Moses to strike the rock, and water came out for the people (Exodus 17:6). Paul later said that rock was Christ (1 Corinthians 10:4). Same story then and now. We run dry. He still provides.
You don’t have to pretend you are fine. You don’t have to keep lowering your bucket into the same empty place. Come to Jesus. Believe. Drink. Let living water fill what this world cannot touch. Then let it flow — in your home, your family, your witness.
That woman kept walking to the same well because that was her routine. That is a lot of us. We keep going back to the same places to feel better — the phone, the self-medication, the praise of people, the next distraction — and by night we are thirsty again.
Israel was not thirsty because God had forgotten them. They were thirsty because the wilderness was real, and they had not yet learned to look to Him. Some of you are in a dry stretch and you think the Lord has gone quiet. He has not. The rock was already there. Christ was already enough. You may not see how the water is going to come. Faith that it’s coming.
And when she finally drank, she did not go home and hide. She went and told her town. That is the other half of living water. It does not stay in you like a secret. It becomes a witness. Somebody in your family, your job, your street is still walking to an empty well. If Jesus has satisfied you, you have something to offer besides opinions. You have an invitation: come and see.
So don’t leave this as a nice thought. Put the jar down. Come thirsty. Receive what He freely gives. Then let it flow.
Will you admit you are thirsty?
Will you come to Him instead of another empty well?
Will you drink, and then tell someone, “Come and see”?
Lord Jesus, I come thirsty. You know the wells I have gone back to. You know the places I have looked for what only You can give. Forgive me. You cried out for the thirsty to come, and I am coming. You are the living water. You are the Rock. I believe in You. Fill what is dry in me. Teach me to seek Your face, not just relief. Let Your Word wash my mind. Let Your Spirit satisfy my soul. I receive the free gift of the water of life. Make a spring in me that lasts, and let it flow out in love, in obedience, and in a simple witness: come and see Jesus. I do not want to leave here still carrying an empty jar. I want You. I trust You. I am Yours. In Your name, Amen.
If this touched your heart, share it with someone who is dry and tired of pretending. Come to the water. He is still crying out. He still satisfies.
John 7:37-38 · John 4 · Exodus 17:6 · 1 Corinthians 10:4 · Isaiah 55:1 · Revelation 22:17
With love, JR Tyndale Ministries
He is still crying out. He still satisfies.