Living Waters Run Deep

John 4:14 

"But whosoever drinketh 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."

    As human beings we need water in our bodies, to keep us from dehydration, and death. We see in this event at the well, the Samaritan women came to draw water. But first Christ' said to her, Give me to drink.  She turned in astonishment. "I am a Samaritan," she said. "You are a Jew. How is it that you ask a drink from me?" Now we must remember that there was no kind of come and go at all between the Jews and the Samaritans. 

    I believe that all we have here is the briefest possible report of what must have been a long conversation. Clearly there was much more to this meeting than is recorded here. Let's use an analogy, This is like the minutes of a meeting where we have only written down relative points of the discussion. I think that the Samaritan woman must have unburdened her soul to this stranger, (Jesus Christ). How else could Jesus have known of her tangled domestic affairs? For one of the very few times in her life she had found one with kindness in his eyes instead of critical superiority; and she opened her heart.  
    Few stories in the Gospels show us so much about the character of Jesus. It shows us the reality of his humanity. Jesus was weary with the journey, and he sat by the side of the well exhausted. John does not show us a figure freed from the tiredness and the struggle of our humanity. He shows us one for whom life was an effort as it is for us; he shows us one who also was tired and had to go on.

    My Friends, When we are in need, neither man or custom can not stop us from bringing our needs to Christ. Our action would cause a sensation but we should not care what people said so long as we obtained the help we so much wanted. If we want the help which Christ can give we must be humble enough to swallow our pride and not care what any man may say. 

Amen!

Reading; John 4:1-42

Ref: HG SB 

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr. 

The Cross Life Ministry