John 4:4-15 4 But
He needed to go through Samaria.
5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called
Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now
Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey,
sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to
her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into
the city to buy food.
9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it
that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have
no dealings with Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “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.”
11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to
draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are
You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it
himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks
of this water will thirst again, 14 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.”
15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water,
that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
John 4:10 (NIV) Jesus
answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a
drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
Water is essential to life. It makes up 50-75 percent of our
bodies, yet we often forget to drink enough water or we substitute other drinks
that do us little good. As a result, many of us spend our days slightly
dehydrated.
I love the parallel between these facts and what Jesus says
in the reading above: “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I
give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Thought for today:
What do I consider the source of my life?
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