Is there a void in your heart? Do you feel like your wandering in a desert and you feel dry, parched and thirsty? Do you have a thirst and hunger so deep your not sure where your next drink or meal will come from? Hard Soil it is the condition of the heart without a source of living water. Jesus had an encounter with a woman at the well. He asks the Samaritan woman for a drink of water and her response would forever change her life. In the biblical account of John 4 we read, A woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." John 4:7. She responds to him as if to say why are you speaking to a woman like me besides we don't share meals and drinking vessels together. Jesus replies, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink, ' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." She says, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep Where then do You get that living water?" Jesus explains anyone who continues to come to a deep well will have to continue to draw water to quench their thirst, "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:14. She finally demands to Jesus in John 4:15, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus tests her asking to call her husband and He reveals how much He knows about her past failures and hurts with no condemnation. She recognizess him as someone special. Jesus finally reveals to her who He is the promised Messiah bringing salvation to all. He says, "But the hour is coming, and now is when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." Hard Soil reveals the message as the Samaritan woman says emphatically, "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" By the Saviors grace seen in the Samaria woman this biblical account illustrates how apparent or concealed prejudices, beliefs, practices, and exposures need not bind or destroy the potential of a person. This unnamed woman in her time became a great evangelistic influence for Samaritans responding to Jesus as Messiah and beyond. The same is true today, Hard Soil describes a life changing revelation brought on by a woman which brings spiritual insight that propelled another dimension of truth modeled by how true revelation may translate into a powerful witness. This powerful witness brings truth to set a person free, which is designed to unite the end time church the body of Christ. It is a reminder to all, the hour is coming and He is drawing all worshipers together in a unified front to advance His end time army. With this truth revealed, Will you be one of His "Good Soldiers"
About the Author: Janet L. Garcia is a devoted woman of God and head over heals in love with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She desires for all to know the gracious and merciful love of the Father through His son Jesus Christ and then encounter the special gifts given by the Helper and Counselor, "The Holy Spirit". Janet served honorably in the United States Marine Corps from 1996-2003. It was during her time spent in the service she was trained to be physically prepared as part of an elite fighting force. However, little did she realize she had been in a spiritual battle for most of her life having suffered major losses and battle scars, which would take a little more than forty years to heal from. One day her heart, eyes and ears would open to the truth revealed through an awakening that would forever change her life. She began to adore Her loving Savior Jesus Christ even more and would experience riches beyond what she could ever imagine. She literally began to understand the truth of God's spirit breathed Word after an encounter with the Holy Spirit, when the Spirit fell on her like a dove and brought power and equipping in her life. Janet continues to have a passionate desire to learn more about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and see more hearts set on fire, ears and eyes opened to the Holy Spirit. When a person is open to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit open heavens are released and blessings begin to overflow. Today, there is a desperate cry from the desert wilderness for people to not harden their hearts to the truth in order to see God move beyond measure over God's entire church - His people. God is using her to call the church to go "deeper" in worship. Nothing is impossible when one partners with the Holy Spirit and dives into the Word. A surrendered heart can then be used by the Holy Spirit and a fiery passion is birthed forth. A person can then be used as a vessel to set a spiritual fire and be a witness to supernatural signs and miraculous events take place by the Holy Spirit. This fire will catch on bringing end time revival and change the church's destiny. God needs His body of believers to lay aside divides and unite in love to focus on the end time mission which is the "Great Commission" recorded in the biblical account of Mark 16:14-18. There are specific instructions provided to every disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our orders have been given and it's time to form up and march forward as an elite fighting force like never seen before.