3 Points from The Woman at the Well

I’m fascinated by the woman at the well presented in John 4:4-42. Samaritans were considered  to be beneath them from a Jewish view. They had many differing views of religion and ethnicity. The Jews considered the Samaritans to be a mixed people who had dishonored their ancestry and their worship.

Yet, here she was, not at just any old well, but at Jacob’s well. It had been there for close to 2,000 years when she went to draw water. It was about noon. Women like her wouldn’t have gone early to draw water so as not to be ridiculed or worse. She went in the hottest part of the day because she was an outcast in the community. An adulteress.

JESUS MEETS US WHERE WE ARE

Jesus approached her and asked for a drink. He knew exactly who she was, when she would be there, and what she had done. This meeting was intentional on his part. When he spoke to her, I imagine she was taken aback. In verse 9, she says to Him, You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? (ESV).

For a woman to speak to a strange man at that time just wasn’t done. But here she was, carrying on a fairly long conversation with the Son of God.

What does this tell us? Jesus knows all there is to know about us, yet He seeks us out. He meets us right where we are, He already knows if we have a willing spirit, and He simply says, “follow me”, just as He said to His disciples.

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JESUS OFFERS WHAT CAN TRULY SATISFY

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 (vs. 10, ESV). Refer to Isaiah 55:1-3 to see this in the OT. Read John 7:37.

When we become so wrapped up in worldly things, we tend to think we have all we need. But the world has nothing to offer. Everything here is fleeting. The only thing that carries with it the promise of spending eternity with Father God and Jesus is accepting the Living Water of Jesus. Only the same living water Jesus offered to the Samaritan woman can fill those empty places in our lives. Only Jesus can supply our every need and quench a hunger and thirst within us. Psalm 42 is one of my favorites. Read the entire passage paying attention to the first two verses. When you hear Holy Spirit speaking to your heart, be quick to respond and follow. Your life and your eternity will never be the same.

JESUS CHANGES YOUR IDENTITY AND YOUR MISSION

Verses 11-26 tell the remainder of the conversation in which Jesus tells her all about her life. She can hide nothing from Him. When she realizes that Jesus is the true Messiah, she runs into town and tells all the townspeople about Jesus, proclaiming, He told me everything I ever did (vs. 39 ESV).

In those few moments, in this encounter with Jesus, the woman’s life was changed forever. She no longer carried a load of guilt and shame but had become a woman with a mission to spread the good news.

Jesus’ words to his disciples in Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV) say, And Jesus came and said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold . I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Friends, like the Samaritan woman, our testimony matters. We are to still heed the call to go and make disciples. When we have had an authentic encounter with Jesus, we should long to share the good news of the gospel with others. The Living Water, Jesus, quenches our spiritual thirst for all eternity.

If you do not feel equipped to do this at the present time, Through the Word is offering teaching on discipology. It began on the first day of June. Below is a  link to sign up. It takes about 10 minutes or so each day for 28 days.

https://throughtheword.org/start-discipology/

I hope you will join us.

Blessings, y’all!

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