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Sabbath, August 10, 2024
A few weeks ago I showed you the above photo of a lawn whose grass was pretty patchy, and whose owners had decided to experiment with a few squares of sod, maybe with the idea of redoing the whole lawn with it. Looks great, doesn’t it?
Well, that was then. This is now:
Your reaction to this depends on whether or not you’re a homeowner who is responsible for a lawn. You know where I’m going with this, right? If this were a normal year, with normal rainfall, this lawn would look much better, especially since you would set up your sprinkler and water it every evening.
But if a long string of July and August days have presented you with weather which approximates that of the Gobi Desert, which ours has, you do what I and quite a number of neighbors have done—just leave your lawn alone and don’t give it much water. especially if you’re a bit spooked about the overall water supply.
Jesus spoke several times about the “water of life,” which will never run dry. Spend a moment reading through these verses, and ask Him for this water.
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?” Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.” John 4:7 – 15 NKJV
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” . . . . John 7:37 – 39
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. Revelation 22:17