Jesus, Lessons for Life 15
More lessons as Jesus talked with the Samaritan woman
Jesus' simple conversation with the woman at the well took an interesting turn. It began with Christ's simple request for a drink of water from Jacob's well. That request for a physical thing, a drink of water, was a simple step in order for the Lord to have a deeper conversation with the woman, a spiritual conversation. Again with see this pattern with Christ -- He used physical needs in order to teach about spiritual needs.
John 4:10 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.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
Key Lesson — Through Jesus we have access to “spiritual water” that can satisfy our spiritual thirst and give us eternal life. We need to be receptive to the eternal perspective that Christ teaches us and desires for us.
It was not easy for the woman to understand the context in the words of Jesus. She was stuck in her physical chores of life, such as the daily need for water in order to live. We can have this same struggle at times. We can be so focused on the problems of today that we don't have focus on the eternal priorities.
It was even true for Jesus' disciples in this setting in Samaria. They did not understand immediately. Not until later would they understand that Christ was teaching them the need to witness to all people. As we will see later in this conversation, Jesus will teach them about the "harvest" of souls that was at that time ready in Samaria.
Next time we will continue with the conversation between Jesus and this Samaritan woman.
Blessings,
Larry
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