2 Timothy 1:14
I love this interchange between Jesus and the Samaritan woman because it captures the human condition at its, um, finest. Have you, like the Samaritan woman in today’s passage, ever tried to argue with Jesus or change the subject when he tells you something that makes you uncomfortable or you don’t want to hear? I have. If you have too, I hope it worked for you better than it did for me. 
Hope is necessary for us in these days of exile from heaven. It is our consolation on the journey. When a traveler gets tired of walking along the dusty road, he puts up with fatigue because he hopes to arrive home. Rob him of any hope of arriving and immediately his strength for walking is broken. So too, the hope for heaven which we have now is an important factor easing the pain of our just exile and sometimes harsh journey.
Faith does not waver if it is supported by hope. Take away hope, and faith falters. If you want to go somewhere, will you even begin walking if you have no hope of reaching your destination? —Augustine, Sermon 359A, 5 Share on Facebook
He walks as in the presence of God [who has a conversation] with him in frequent prayer and frequent communion; in all his necessities, in all doubtings; that opens all his wants to [God]; that weeps before him for all his sins; that asks remedy and support for his weakness; that fears him as a Judge; reverences him as a Lord; obeys him as a Father; and loves him.
If a Christian will do no more than what is necessary, he will quickly be tempted to omit something of that also.
