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November 18, 2025 · 5:46 AM

Spiritual Dehydration

I’ve got a friend who has a ministry that builds water wells in Ghana. They’re trying to help people get clean water to drink. They understand that water isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity for life. As a person who has water access wherever I go, there are still times when I get dehydrated. I’ve heard that you can go weeks without food, but only days without water. Have you ever been so dehydrated that your thirst became overwhelming? I’ve definitely been so thirsty I’ve chugged a lot of water to try to satiate it. Just like our body need water, our soul needs the presence of God. When we go too long without being in His presence, our soul craves it.

In John 4, Jesus was tired from walking and rested at a well. When a Samaritan woman showed up, He asked her for a drink. She was aware of the racial tension between their people and said, “Why are you asking me for a drink?” Jesus said, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water” (NLT). The conversation went on and she realized she was not only physically thirsty, but spiritually thirsty as well. She ran back to her village and brought everyone to come see the Messiah whom she had met at the well. He satisfied their thirst too and many in that village believed in Him as the Savior of the world.

Psalm 63:1 says, “O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.” David wrote this while he was in a desert. He was comparing his physical thirst with his spiritual one. His desperation for God was greater than his physical need for water. He didn’t want to ignore that thirst and risk spiritual dehydration, and neither should we. God is drawing every one of us to a well that never runs dry. He’s inviting us to His presence daily. We must be intentional about drawing from that well and drinking deeply daily. Your soul needs the spiritual water He provides. Don’t risk spiritual dehydration.

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July 10, 2024 · 5:34 AM

Revealing Everything

Is there anyone who knows everything about you? I mean EVERYTHING. I’m talking about your deepest, darkest secrets. These are the things you don’t let anyone know. Almost everyone has a face they put forward of what they want everyone else to see while hiding something from their past, a personality flaw or fear. We think that if they knew this about us they wouldn’t love us or like us so we keep it hidden. We all have a varying degree of how much of an open book we are. Some of it is based on who we are and some of it is controlled by fear. I once sat down with my wife to share things that were hidden even from her. The fear kept telling me if I tell her these things I’ve hidden she would divorce me. Yet afterwards, she loved me anyway and our love deepened because the barrier I had placed was removed.

In John 4, the disciples left Jesus sitting by a well while they went to buy food. A Samaritan woman came out to draw water from the well during that time. Jesus asked her for a drink. She was shocked that a Jew asked her for water and they began talking. Jesus began drawing her in with His questions and answers. He then revealed to her that He knew about her previous husbands, divorces and that she was living with a man whom she wasn’t married to. He then revealed that He was the Messiah. Verse 29 says she ran back into her village saying, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” (NLY) Even though He knew her deepest, darkest secrets, He still loved her and her whole village came out to meet Him.

Psalm 139:1 says, “O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.” Think about that. He knows everything there is to know about you. Even the things you’ve hidden from everyone else, and He still loves you. He still died for you. He still desires to have a growing relationship with you. Romans 8:15 says, “So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, ‘Abba, Father.’” You don’t have to be afraid to confess everything to Him. He knows already and still offers you the living waters. He has adopted you as His child. Just like in my case, the more you confess, the more of the barriers in your relationship with Him, that you have placed there, get removed. Take some private time today to tell Him everything and draw closer to Him.

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January 25, 2021 · 6:01 AM

Becoming More Compassionate

If you have social media, you’ve probably noticed a couple of different types of people. One airs all their laundry on there for the whole world to see. Another type uses the platform to boast about the bad things they’ve done as if they were a badge of honor. Yet another doesn’t put any of that out there, but you hear the gossip about their life in other ways. I have a confession to make. I tend to judge these people in my heart (and sometimes out loud) based on their behavior. I forget that these things are a result of their brokenness and need for healing, and I steer clear of them or block their posts. I initially don’t see them as a cry for help or grace, and I have to be reminded of that fact often. Hopefully you don’t suffer from this as well.

When I read the story of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well, I can’t help but think how Jesus knew her dirty laundry and still offered her grace. In John 10:4 Jesus said, “If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water” (GNT). He didn’t make fun of her for having been married five times or shame her because she was living with a man who wasn’t her husband. Instead He offered her forgiveness and healing through His living waters. She went and brought everyone from her town out to meet Jesus. As they approached, Jesus tells his disciples, “You have a saying, ‘Four more months and then the harvest.’ But I tell you, take a good look at the fields; the crops are now ripe and ready to be harvested!”

How many times have you and I looked at the harvest and saw their brokenness as an excuse to withhold grace? We think they’re either too far gone, not ready yet or we don’t feel comfortable sharing with them. We need to remember Jude 1:22-23 when we begin to have these thoughts. It says, “Keep being compassionate to those who still have doubts, and snatch others out of the fire to save them. Be merciful over and over to them, but always couple your mercy with the fear of God. Be extremely careful to keep yourselves free from the pollutions of the flesh” (TPT). What the broken people around us need is the compassion and mercy of Christ. They don’t need our jokes or the names we call them.

Lord, open my eyes to see the brokenness of others and to have compassion. Give me the courage to share your grace with them the way you showed it to the woman at the well. Open my eyes to see the harvest that’s around me today. Use me as an instrument of your grace to save those who are perishing. Forgive me for failing to do this in the past. Amen.

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