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

            What is water? If you think about it enough I am sure that you will be able to come up with an answer for that question. It’s two hydrogen molecules stuck with one oxygen molecule. Cool! But what does that mean? It means that there is a lot to it that I really don’t understand. All I know is that it gets pumped to my sinks, showers, dishwasher, washing machine, and freezer. It is something we can find in lakes and rivers, streams and creeks, oceans and rain. It can be one of the most peaceful things to see, like when a morning on the lake looks like you are boating on glass. Or when you are in certain areas of the world and you swim in it but you can see all the way through to the bottom. Water can also be one of the scariest things you will ever see. If you are out in a boat or on the ocean during a storm with giant swells and water is crashing into your boat. But water is also necessary to life. If you aren’t drinking enough water then you start getting dehydrated and your body starts making mistakes and not working properly.

            For many, water is just something that we need to survive but according to scripture it is also something we need for our spiritual well-being. It is in the process of baptism that we really see this change take place. We see people get reminded that because of what Jesus has done on the cross, we are then washed clean and don’t have to worry about our eternal lives. God uses water to remind us that He is the one who cleans us up and gets rid of our sins so that we can be with Him. When we drink from His water we will never become thirsty or tired. Now that’s my kind of water!

QOTD: How important is water to our everyday lives? How important is water to our spiritual lives?

“Water is the driving force of all nature” –Leonardo da Vinci