The old saying "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" is true. We can't prove the quality of something until we've tried it. If we find it to be superior, we become spoiled and can never again be satisfied with less.

That's the discovery the Samaritan woman made as she talked with Jesus (Jn. 4). When He offered her "living water" (v.10), she thought He was referring to better drinking water. She was convinced that the water from the well was the best available--until she met the One who offered her spiritual water. Her testimony led many others to put their trust in Christ (v.39).

The late Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist and broadcaster, made a similar discovery. Before meeting Christ, he had been drinking from the finest earthly fountains--fame, success, pleasure, and fulfillment. "Yet I say to you," he once testified, "and I beg of you to believe me, multiply these tiny triumphs by a million, add them all together, and they are nothing, less than nothing, measured against one draught of that living water that is offered to the spiritually hungry."

Are you drinking from earthly fountains and still feeling thirsty? Turn to Christ, and drink so deeply that you'll be spoiled forever from wanting anything less.  — Joanie Yoder