Evening: Psalm 35; John 4:16-26
When Jesus speaks to the woman at the well, he is responding to a universal longing in human beings, a thirst that needs to be quenched. She talks to him about her ancestors’ religious traditions, about where people practice their religion. Jesus is less concerned with her religion than with her finding spiritual authenticity and truth. She admits she expects the Messiah will explain everything. Jesus says: “I am he.” The Messiah does not promote religion but authenticity of spirit … truth. Isn’t authentic living the thing we long for really, the thirst we want to satisfy?
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