Jesus' Invitationsنموونە

I'm thirsty - but I've got questions

You’re moving among thousands who have come to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles. A spectacle of joyful celebration, remembering how God provided for your ancestors in the desert. Each day, priests solemnly carry water to the temple and pour it out as a symbol of God’s provision.

On this last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stands and calls out, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink’. Everything stops!

What’s going on? What right does this lone radical claim to divert centuries of tradition to Himself? More confusing still, on whose authority does He get the right to subvert the order of things, and invite anyone to drink from this living water – whatever that is?

At some level, I empathise with people’s confusion. At that moment, the full picture of Jesus’ mission had yet to unfold. To many, He was an enigma. To some, He was a teacher, to others a miracle worker, and to the powerful religious elite, a threat.

Two millennia on, Jesus is still a mystery to many. We’re still reluctant to accept the same invitation. Why? What questions hold us back from embracing the greatest open invitation in history?

If you’re thirsty for meaning, hope, or forgiveness, Jesus offers living water enough to fill you to overflowing. Let go of your questions and comparisons. Quiet the voices of those around you today and listen to just one. Come, believe, drink, and be truly satisfied.

Written by DWAYNE JEFFRIES