Stay Thirsty My Friend

One of my favorite TV commercials features 'the most interesting man in the world'. The commercials always end with him saying, "Stay thirsty my friend." That is why I like it. We need to remind ourselves to stay thirsty or we will become complacent.

In Jn 4:13, Jesus says, “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.” This brings up the question, "Since this verse says we will never thirst again, why do we need to stay thirsty?" This is a good question.

If we would but admit it, we ourselves still get thirsty. Maybe we, just as the 'woman at the well', do not really understand what Jesus was saying to her. Her response to Him was, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw." She thought He was offering her something to make her life easier, when in reality, He was offering her something that would make her life better. She thought He was talking about water from the well; He was talking about the things she was doing to try to satisfy her empty life. She thought she would not have to make the trip to the well any longer; He was telling her she would not have to go to the broken cistern any longer that she was drinking from to try and give meaning to her life. She thought He was talking to her about coming to the well to get water: He was talking to her about a different well, a different source, a different drinking, a different life.

When we drink the water that only Jesus can give us we will never thirst again, but because we have access to the Rock from which the spiritual water that produces spiritual life gushes, but we still have to drink ... regularly

Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life." (Jn :13-14)

Stay thirsty my friend!