Jesus satisfies our deepest hunger and thirst.
Scripture: John 4:7-14,19-24,34-38
Central Truth
Jesus not only quenches our thirst for peace with God, but He also quenches our thirst for purpose. We are hardwired for worship. We’re going to lay down our lives for something and someone. Jesus came to show for whom and for what to lay our lives down. He quenches our thirst for purpose by clarifying the intent and extent of our worship.
Key Question
Is God-honoring worship more about the location of the worship or the motivation of the worshiper? Explain.
Keep in Mind
A woman came to a well thirsty for water. What she didn’t realize was that she was not only physically parched, but she was also spiritually parched. Jesus offered her “living” water. He offered to put within her soul a perpetual spring of spiritually satisfying life.
The encounter with Jesus sparked the woman’s renewed interest in the proper worship of God. She inquired about the appropriate location for worship to God. Jesus replied that God was interested in making her life the location for worship to God. Jesus not only offered the woman peace with God through salvation, but He also offered her purpose in God. She, like all true worshipers, could become a walking, talking house of worship in spirit and in truth. Our thoughts, attitudes, words, and actions can become offerings of pure and acceptable worship to God. Our purpose of lifelong worship becomes possible through the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit.
APPLICATION
Based on today’s Scripture passages, what will satisfy our deepest desires?
THE WIN
FOR THE STUDENT: We all long to know God and make Him known. A thousand servings of our favorite foods can’t quench our physical thirst. A thousand lifetimes living for ourselves can’t quench our spiritual thirst. Only Jesus satisfies the soul. Only Jesus gives our lives satisfying purpose and meaning.
FOR THE LEADER: As leaders, we must call students to the only One who can quench their thirst. Hobbies, friends, and possessions won’t do it. Though we may sometimes come off as repetitive, we must not reduce the frequency of the call to find living water in Christ. Only in Jesus will students find what they need and what they’re called to be.
