“Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey,
sat down by the well. It was about noon.” (John 4:6, NIV).
Greetings to you all
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
As the summer is
getting deeper, the temperature goes up. However, it is not all. Every morning,
the gas price surprised us because it also goes up with the temperature. Hmm!
We don’t want to be overheated, do we?
So every time, when
we fill up the gas tank, we expel the hearted sighing steam from our nostrils
to cool us down for a moment. However, is that enough? Then, what else can we
do in this season of heated summer? It’s taking a little break from our heated
routines, I mean, from the hard work! In other words, it is a vacation season.
We all deserve it, don’t we? Hallelujah!
I believe most of you have some sort of vacation plans during this summer, even for a couple of days of getting away time from the busyness of your life, even for a half-day. And if you do, may our living God bless your time for the refreshing and renewing of your minds, bodies and souls for tomorrow!
“He makes me
lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters.
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his
name’s sake” (Psalm 23:2-3, ESV).
However, do you know
that it is a long time biblical tradition as God rested on the seventh day from
all his work that he had done, I mean from the creation story in Genesis? This
tradition has not stopped yet and will never because it has a very important
role in our journey with God. It’s God’s design!
Two thousand years
ago, one day, Jesus and his disciples came back from their trip to Jerusalem.
It means, they were all tired. They needed a break because their journey would
go on. So, when they arrived in the village named Sychar in Samaria, Jesus sat
down by the well to rest while his disciples went to prepare their lunch
because it was around the noon time. In other words, everyone in the village
took a break from their work too like Jesus and his disciples.
However, there was a
woman who came to draw water alone, not to be seen by others. Warnings! Just
wondering why this woman worked while all other people in town took a break for
lunch? Their must be some bad stories about her, I presume. Maybe some stories
that she wanted to hide from others? However, her life changed totally as she
had a little time with Jesus by the well. In other words, her life was renewed
and she found confidence of her life again. She got a perfect vacation even
when she came to draw water while others took a break because she spent time
with Jesus!
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be
thirsty again.
The water that I will give him will become in him a spring
of water welling
up to eternal life” (John 4:14, ESV).
That is what she got,
“a spring of water welling up to eternal life!” from that very short vacation!
Do we need that kind of vacation in this season of summer as all the trees and
plants around us are continually growing up for fruits for the next season?
Yes, we do! The true time with Jesus filled up by the living water he provides
for the truthful, faithful, and fruitful life!
Brothers and sisters
in Christ, during this season of summer, a season of vacation, we will continue
our journey to the Kingdom of God eternal together as we come and sit down by
the well where Jesus is waiting like this Samaritan woman. In other words, we
will have a perfect vacation time in this month of July with Jesus.
Join us!
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Kyochul
