What Is Living Water?

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.” She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do you get that living water?” . . . Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
(John 4:10-11, 13-14)

Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well is another opportunity for Him to teach profound spiritual truth through a metaphor. When their conversation began, He was the thirsty one, and she was the one with the water. Now, He spoke as if she were the thirsty one. And He was the one with the water. Her confusion is not unexpected. She did not understand Jesus was talking about spiritual realities. The “living water” He offered was salvation in all its fullness.
But she was skeptical of His ability to provide the living water He offered. So, Jesus patiently answered her skeptical question: (Read vs. 13-14 again). Here was Jesus offering her the living water of spiritual life to quench her parched, needy soul.

Ask Yourself:
What activities of Jesus in your life share some common qualities with water — its clarity, its refreshment, its cleansing, its sustenance, its replenishment? Praise Him for each of these things as He brings them to mind.
Pastor Ben

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