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b'Clean water is a vital component in keeping our lives functioning and healthy. We use it for so many things: quenching our thirst, cleaning our bodies, washing dirt from surfaces, and nourishing our crops. We travel over the surface of water to explore the earth or search for food. Our fruits and vegetables are mostly water. If you place a drop of clean water under a microscope, you can see it is teeming with the life that we all need.\\nIn John 4:10-14, Jesus spoke of living water as He stood by a well with a Samaritan woman. Just like the Samaritan woman, we all long to know how to have this living water that satisfies endlessly. Jesus never said or did anything without purpose, so what could He have meant by living water? Later, in John 7:38, Jesus talked about living water again and said, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d When Jesus offered living water, He was speaking of the Holy Spirit, the reservoir of God\\u2019s life within us, who Jesus would give to His followers later.\\nJesus knew what He was doing when He used water as an example to reveal the abundant life He offers through the Holy Spirit. We need water to live. Without Jesus\\u2019 life, death, and resurrection, we would all die, alone in the desolation of our sin. But if we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus, He quenches our spiritual thirst like a drink of cold water reviving us in an empty desert. This abundant life, this living water, is teeming with every good thing, just like that small drop under the microscope. It is not stagnant or full of harmful bacteria but is fresh and flowing as a mountain stream.\\nGod is the source of all good things. Jesus promised, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (Revelation 21:6). Like the Samaritan woman, all we need to do is put our trust in Jesus to accept His beautiful gift. \\u2022 Susan Sundwall\\n\\u2022 It can be difficult to accept that we\\u2019re helpless to save ourselves from death, like a traveler stranded in a huge desert. It requires humility to receive help rather than try to earn our way out. How might it be freeing to know that God wants to give us life to the full, even though we can never earn it? (To find out more about this good news, check out our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.) \\n\\u2022 What does the Holy Spirit produce in the lives of Christians who live according to the Spirit (Romans 8:5; Galatians 5:22-23)? \\nWith joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12:3 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPsalm 23:4; 32:6-11; John 14:15-21; 16:33'