Give Me This Water - John 4:15

John the apostle wrote how Jesus, “came to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus said unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then said the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water. The woman said unto him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from where then have you that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life”, and in chapter four and verse fifteen of his book, John shared how the woman said to Jesus, “sir, give me this water, that I thirst not” where we read:

The woman said unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come here to draw.

The verse reads, “The woman said unto him, Sir, give me this water, ...” John began with the words, “The woman said unto him” or “the female human being from Samaria uttered, declared and proclaimed to Jesus”, “Sir” which means “One to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord and the title given to God the Messiah”, “give me this water” or “grant, bestow, furnish and supply me, the Samaritan woman, with this spiritual water”. John shared how the “Samaritan woman” asked Jesus for the “spiritual water” of which He was speaking.

The verse goes on to say, “... that I thirst not, neither come here to draw.”. John continued with the words, “that I thirst not” which means “so I, the Samaritan woman, do not suffer from thirst, painfully feel want of and eagerly long for those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported and strengthened”, “neither come here to draw” or “no and not in any way approach and come forth to the location of the well to bale or pump out water”. John shared how the “Samaritan woman” told Jesus she did not want to “be thirsty” nor have to travel to the “well” to “bale and pump out” water any longer.

When we meditate upon John's words in this verse, we learn how this “Samaritan woman” desired to have the “water” that would fully satisfy, and although she was thinking about the “physical benefits” of never thirsting or traveling to the “well” to draw water, she found herself in want for that which Jesus offered. God loves people to understand their need for what He supplies, and He is able to give them “spiritual water” that will satisfy their souls. The fulfillment that is found in the temporal, empty things of the world only last for a short time, but when a person yields their life to Jesus, they shall find that He supplies a continuous fountain of satisfying water that gives them rest in their souls.

Next time John shares how Jesus says to the woman, “Go, call your husband, and come here”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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