Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
11 “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? 12 And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”
No well thought out three point sermon. No three month study of the Gospel of John, six months in the Pauline Epistles or year long walk through the Bible. No multi-year course of study at the prestigious seminary. All these are good and I would say necessary in some circumstances.
But for the Samaritan woman, it only took a few minutes of conversation with the Master by the local watering hole. “Give me this water!” she declared. She had a spiritual thirst and found relief in the only One who can quench that eternal spiritual thirst … that relationship with Almighty God.
When we allow God to come near … when we open our heart to God’s word … when we receive what He has to offer … it doesn’t take a whole bucket of water. It only takes a sip. “Give me this water!”
But for the Samaritan woman, it only took a few minutes of conversation with the Master by the local watering hole. “Give me this water!” she declared. She had a spiritual thirst and found relief in the only One who can quench that eternal spiritual thirst … that relationship with Almighty God.
When we allow God to come near … when we open our heart to God’s word … when we receive what He has to offer … it doesn’t take a whole bucket of water. It only takes a sip. “Give me this water!”
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