June 30, 2020 -- John 4:10 -- Jesus Living Water

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:10 ESV

What was it about Jesus that allowed Him to speak to the woman at the well in this way? She is a Samaritan. The Samaritan people were those Jewish people who had returned from exile and intermarried with various foreign people. No doubt there were all kinds of insults that the Jewish people and the Samaritan people leveled at one another. Jesus spoke directly to this woman. He asked her questions which if anyone else had asked would most likely have evoked an angry response.

The Samaritans knew the Law—they believed the first five books of the Old Testament. They had their own interpretation of it. Jesus was getting right to the heart of what the Samaritans—even a Samaritan woman considered an outcast among her own people—believed. But He caught her attention. No doubt she was confused: what is this Living Water?

Jesus is Living Water—our deepest longings are satisfied when we are in relationship with Him. We are enabled to sacrifice our own needs and serve others from the place of contentment and fullness because Jesus Himself is our soul’s joy. He is Living Water, as we serve others and bless them in Jesus’ Name we cannot run dry—His Spirit wells up within us. His Spirit is ever replenishing our souls in Jesus, the Living Water, so that we can serve in His strength. Jesus is Living Water—in Him Name our sins are washed away completely and we are confirmed as deeply loved sons and daughters of the Most High God!

You, Jesus, are the fountain of every blessing! Fill us to overflowing with the awareness of Your goodness, Your victory over sin, death and hell. Spirit of Truth, direct us by the Word, to know Jesus more fully and deeply and to find in Him our soul’s reward. Many of us confess how weary we are, how dry and overdrawn we feel. As we confess our need Spirit of God fill us with the knowledge of Jesus, cause us to love Him and be loved by Him, Jesus—Living Water. From that place of plenty help us so that we both hear and obey Jesus in all things. Father in heaven, be honoured and praised as Your children are refreshed in Jesus, Your Son, our Savior—Amen.