He left Judea and
went away again into Galilee. And He had to pass through Samaria. So He came to
a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to
his son Joseph; and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey,
was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman
of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give
Me a drink." For His disciples
had gone away into the city to buy food. Therefore the Samaritan woman said to
Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a
Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 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? You are not
greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it
himself and his sons and his cattle?" 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." The woman said to
Him, “Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way
here to draw." He said to her, "Go,
call your husband and come here." The woman answered
and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no
husband'; for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not
your husband; this you have said truly." The woman said to
Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in
this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men
ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman,
believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem
will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what
we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and now is,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such
people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. God is Spirit and those who
worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is
coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all
things to us." Jesus said to her, "I
who speak to you am He." John 4:3-26 NASB
♫ I’ve
got a river of life flowing out of me!
Makes
the lame to walk and the blind to see!
Opens
prison doors, sets the captives free.
I’ve
got a river of life flowing out of me!
Spring
up o well, within my soul,
Spring
up o well, and make me whole
Spring
up o well, and give to me
That
life abundantly. ♫ Words and Music by L. Casebolt
Jesus
could have sung that song—about Eternal Life! That living water does spring up
within our hearts giving us—giving me—peace,
joy, and love from deep within my soul. I can only speak for myself. I know that
I have a peace deep in my very being that comes with being right with God and
with those around me. When I’m out of sorts with God or someone—feeling guilty
over something I’ve done, that peace is just not there. But once I get right
with God and everyone else…then that life flowing river of peace is back again.
Do you
have this living water for your soul? If not—ask Jesus for it and believe. It
is worth anything that you have to give up…smoking, drugs, unforgiving attitudes
or addictions. But the funny thing is—even if you don’t give them up, Jesus
loves and accepts you anyway. And maybe after you accept Him—those things won’t
matter and they’ll go away—or not. Mostly that’s not what matters. Your place
in eternity is what does matter…and YOU are the only one who can decide where
you want to be. Worship God in your spirit—as well as with your mouth and your
whole body. Seek the truth—seek Jesus. Your attitude might even change. Mine
did!
Thank You, Jesus for speaking to that woman at
the well—and changing her heart and mine, too. I believe You are Messiah!
Happy
Okinawa B-day—Lisachan!
2012 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
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