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Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 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 4:13-14 What would it take to make you genuinely happy? What would it take to really satisfy you? Would it be more money, more pleasure, greater success, better relationships, or a better physique? What would it take? Unfortunately, the world screams that these are the things that will bring you ultimate satisfaction. And it’s so easy to buy into the notion that these things will truly satisfy. But take another look at today’s verse. Jesus told the woman at the well that the things of this life won’t ever really satisfy us… only He will. So many people today chase the dream of personal achievement… and find that it doesn’t really satisfy. Others think, “I’ll be happy if I can just find Mr. Right,” or “I’ll be fulfilled if I can just find Mrs. Right.” But the even best man or the best woman can’t satisfy the deepest longings of the human heart! I can guarantee you that nothing… no human relationship… no job promotion… no amount of money in your bank account… will satisfy you like Jesus can. If you’ve lost sight of this fact, I encourage you to ask God to help you realign your priorities today! Nothing in life will truly satisfy you except Jesus Christ. The Tragedy of Rejecting Jesus by Dr. Paul Chappell “And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.” Luke 20:12–14 In 1833, the United States Supreme Court heard a most unusual case. A man named George Wilson was convicted and sentenced to die in the state of Pennsylvania. Influential friends appealed to President Andrew Jackson, who issued a pardon to Wilson. But the condemned man refused to accept the pardon. The authorities were not certain how to proceed, and the case was appealed all the way to the highest court. In United States v. Wilson, the Supreme Court ruled, “A pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is essential, and delivery is not complete without acceptance. It may then be rejected by the person to whom it is tendered; and if it is rejected, we have discovered no power in this court to force it upon him.” George Wilson was hanged because he would not accept the pardon that was offered to him. Every man and woman born on Earth is born under a death sentence. Jesus said, “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). They need to be warned to seek salvation while there is still time. God has graciously provided a way of escape from the coming judgment through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but that pardon offered must be accepted for it to have effect. Today’s Growth Principle:  God has entrusted to us the most urgent task of warning the lost to accept His pardon before it is too late.