Lately, many a conversation God’s had with me regarding what Church doors He’s next leading me to open. Finding a new Church Home is part of changing my state residence. God has led my direction not with His answer but rather His question. Repeatedly, He’s inquired, “Are you seeking a fountain or a well. Both quench a different thirst. You must decide for what you thirst.”.
… For what I thirst. So began my exploration, my deciphering and my discovery. What seemed, at first, a confusing dilemma became deep insight. Thank you, God, for challenging me and guiding my understanding of a fountain versus a well. It’s not a right or wrong, a good or bad. It’s a what and where my soul thirsts and can best be “soul”y watered.
Many a church is a fountain, spouting forth grandiose waters of worship and praise. Their service is a celebration of mankind reaching up to God. Our Lord’s joy to the world overflows and offsets human woes. Communing with God is ornately polished.
Fewer churches are wells, where worship and praise quench man’s thirst through dipping deep into the soul waters of Scripture. Church services here are a diving in great depth into God’s Word as the source for uplifting worship and praise. O Come all ye faithful, come and behold Him hydrates man’s parched thirst to know God, His will and His way. Meeting God is a scholarly adventure.
Baptismal waters flow from both a fountain and a well. My reflections are not intended to raise one above the other. God is present at both the fountain and the well. What matters is only that we find what setting fits each of us best, then hear and believe Christ’s promise, “Whoever believes in Me will never thirst.”. Matthew 6:35 (NLT)
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