Don’t Neglect Reading the Bible There’s a story in John Chapter 4 where Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well and asks her for a drink of water. There are many commentaries on this passage, but let’s focus on how Jesus pointed to Himself as a well of living water. Jesus says to the woman regarding the water from the well: “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:13-14 NIV). The woman responds: “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” (John 4:15 NIV). So, do we, like the Samaritan woman, want this living water Jesus told her about that wells up to eternal life? Few Christian women I talk to read the Bible. Women’s groups at churches feature Bible studies that don’t involve a Bible. Pastors neglect to research the authors (or “test the spirits”) to ensure the doctrine is sound. Some of these authors make millions of dollars writing book after book, which suggests they keep their readers coming back to their well for more “knowledge.” Many older Christian women who should be teaching younger women according to the command in Titus 2 refuse to. Why? Is it because the older women are “always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 3:7 NIV)? Is the “water” these authors giving women worldly and temporary so that we remain thirsty? Do these “teachers” keep us dependent on going back to their well? Women, we’ve got ask to ourselves some serious questions. Are we seeing any Spiritual growth in ourselves? Are we developing the Fruits of the Spirit according to Galatians 5:22? If we’re not seeing any growth of this kind, we’re not drinking from the correct well.
So, how do we find this Well of Living Water? We find this Well of Living Water by opening our Bible, asking the Father for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and by asking Him to be our teacher. Jesus answered the Samaritan woman, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water” ( John 4:10 NIV). Do you want Living Water that will produce good growth and fruit in you? Then ask and drink by reading from the Bible, which is the Living Word of God Himself. Christian fiction is not a substitute for the “real deal,” either. I read the Bible daily, and I urge you not to set aside the most important Book of all of which God, Himself, is the Author. What's diverting you from going to the Well of Living Water?
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