What water are you drinking?

“Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,  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.’

The woman said to Him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.’” (John 4:13-14, NKJV)

  While Jesus waits at a well for a drink, he encounters a woman worn out by life. She is burdened down in the cares and chores of normal life.  Getting water for her family is a task of necessity and effort.  She has to take time to get the water for their needs and she has to do it over and over again.  For her life to continue, she must perform this tedious journey to replenish the water supply they need to drink  and to live.  Yet this water from this ancient well could never really satisfy her deepest needs. 

      Jesus offers her water that she cannot understand but deeply needs.  Jesus shows His divinity in his knowledge about everything about her and He shows His humanity in that He sees her as a woman in need of the water that only He can give. He takes time for her midst the prejudices that did not allow a man to talk to woman alone.  He offers her Living Water that would flow up in her and bring her new and everlasting life.

      Jesus knows more about each of us than we ourselves know.  He takes time to see us, talk to us and to love us. He offers us a lifetime supply of Living Water available only by following Him and drinking from His words, His life and His presence.  We do not have to travel and put in considerable daily effort just to get a drink of water but it is up to us, if we will drink of the water He freely gives.  The Living Water that completely satisfies our hearts and souls comes only from Jesus Christ our Lord. It is not the water that flows from a tap or the water that you buy in a store. The only water that is living and everlasting is the water that He freely and abundantly gives.  What water are you drinking?

 “Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.’” (John 4:26, NKJV)

Suggested Reading … John 4