Never thirsty again

At the end of our country lane is a house with a wishing well at the entrance.

After work today I went for a walk up the lane and took this photograph.

It spoke to me about the Easter message and the fact that we can all get to draw water from the well of life itself.

Interestingly, Jesus met a woman at a similar well in John chapter 4.

Yet, albeit in an different eastern context, Jesus spoke of drawing on water that would mean you would never ever thirst again. The same principle applies today.

Jesus uses this metaphor of water quite a lot.

Essentially it has the thought of drinking of the water of both everlasting and abundant life.

Anybody want everlasting life. Yes, forever and forever.

Well, Isaiah chapter 12 verse 3 prophesied of these wells of water when he said:

Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. With great joy, you people will get water from the well of victory. As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so God's people rejoice when he saves them.".

The word for salvation in the original Hebrew language has a fourfold meaning,  

Firstly if meant Welfare and prosperity given by God

Secondly it means deliverance by God

Thirdly, salvation by God

And fourthly and finally victory by God.

Salvation is holistic.

As one preacher that I heard said,

“It is not just pie in the sky when you die, rather, it is steak on your plate while you wait.”

God, in Christ, is concerned about our welfare – how we are doing

He is concerned that we are delivered from the grip of the enemy of our soul – delivered from Satan, sin and sickness

He also wants to save our souls, and just in case you think you’re not good enough, none of us are – He saved from the “guttermost to the uttermost”!

He also wants us to live a victorious overcoming life, here and now. He wants us to live a life of victory and win over addictions and depression.

This Easter time, Easter 2020, here is a clear invitation. I appeal to you to come drink of the water of life and draw on the wells of salvation.

As the song so ably says, “Come to the waters there is a vast supply, come to the waters that never shall run dry.”

Happy Easter.