The Well is Deep
“There
cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to
drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith
the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest 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 thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast
thou that living water? Art thou 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 drinketh of this water shall thirst
again: 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. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this
water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her,
Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no
husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou
hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that
saidst thou truly.”
(John
4:7-18)
Today’s Morsel: When
I was a kid, a lot of folks where we lived had wells to draw their water for drinking,
cooking, doing laundry and many other things. Those wells were
deep. In Jesus discussion with the Samaritan woman, Jesus offers her
living water versus natural water. Her comment was really, 'Mister, You
are asking me for a drink, and You don’t even have anything to draw water with,
and the well is deep. How are You going to give me water?' What she
failed to realize was that Jesus was not speaking of natural water, but
spiritual water; the Holy Ghost. John states, “In the last day, that great day of
the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto
me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his
belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit,
which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not
yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)” (John 7:37-39) Jesus
doesn't want you to keep thirsting for things that won't satisfy. He
wants you to be content and full of joy. The well is only deep when we
don’t understand. But when there is understanding, we understand that He
is the River of Life. And we can draw freely from His never-ending
well.
Sing: I’ve
got a river of life flowing out of me, it makes the lame to walk and the blind
to see. It opens prison doors set 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, new life abundantly.
Thought For Today: Jesus
is the Spring of life
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