The Law of Diminishing Returns rules with an iron fist, especially in today's materialistic society. We are constantly searching for ever-elusive happiness in things that can't deliver. We reason, "If I just owned that, lived there, achieved this or had him/her then... I would be happy." No sooner have we traded the old toy in, it creeps in again, the reality that contentment wasn't achieved and the new toy must be replaced.

When given over to this cyclical roller coaster we become so dizzied by the ride that our vision is blurred. At some point, we must stop the merry-go-round, come to our senses, and realize that the answer to the problem is staring us right in the face, or in the case of the Samaritan women, sitting by her at the well.

In Jesus, we find "true life" for our weary bones, "living water" for our parched throats and "eternal hope" for our desperate souls. God so loved us in our brokenness that "He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." This priceless gift is given to us by the grace of God through Christ. It is ours for the taking if we will only reach out. O that we would take hold of that which is offered to us with both hands and not miss The Gift we have before us.

"Jesus replied, 'If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.'” John 4:10

- Micah McElveen