…well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14

One of my choirs as a child was to draw water from our well. The task involved removing the bellow from a nail on the porch post and lowering it down through the well. I liked the feel of the chain moving through my hands as I waited for the signal to stop. The thud of the bellow hitting the water was a distinct sound likened to a rock hitting the water but more hollow, thus the name bellow. The next step was to lower the long tube about three to four feet and give it time to fill up. Pulling the bellow back up might have been the only action resembling a “choir” as I pulled and tugged.

Once the bellow was out over the tin bucket, I loved to pull the pin to release the water. The sound of water gushing into the bucket thrilled me. Carrying the fresh water into the house could prove a challenge because I didn’t want to waste any water by sloshing it over the sides of the pail. A dipper was available to scoop up a drink, so I always did, because there was nothing like a good cold drink of fresh well water to quench one’s thirst. The taste of fresh well water is still tangible today. 

Jesus centered one of my favorite teachings at a well. In John chapter four we read that Jesus and his disciples departed Judaea and headed to Galilee. He needed to go through Samaria. It was a must. When he got there he sat down to rest at Jacob’s well. 

Jesus’s disciples went into the city to buy food. A woman of Samaria came to draw water and Jesus started a conversation with her. He asked for a drink. She was amazed that a Jew would speak to her, a mixed-race Samaritan even to ask for a drink. Jesus wasn’t there to debate racial issues but to deal with her greater need. He pointedly said, “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” (John 4:10). She hadn’t understood but the conversation continued.  

Jesus told her that he had water to give and If she would drink this water she would never thirst again. This water would spring up in her into everlasting life. Can you imagine water constantly bubbling up and quenching our thirst forever? This was impossible in the natural but possible in the spiritual!

The Samaritan woman wanted a drink but again Jesus got direct as he dealt with her sin. He knew she was with her fifth man who was not her husband so she perceived him as a prophet. As Jesus began to talk about true worship she told him that Messiah was coming who would tell them all things! Jesus revealed himself as he said, “I that speak unto thee am he” (John 4:26b). This caused her to leave her watering pot and go back to the city.

The Samaritan woman’s name is not revealed yet Jesus purposed to reveal himself to her.  Jesus knew she would believe when he exposed her sinful state. Her thirsty soul was satisfied with Jesus. One drink is all it took. Her joy was contagious because many believed in Jesus due to her testimony.

Like the unforgettable memories of drawing fresh well water so are the memories of my salvation. I remember when Jesus spoke to my sinful soul. I will never forget when the Spirit of God drew me by His power. I remember when I realized I was a sinner and when I believed in Jesus as my Savior. His Spirit now springs up in my soul and keeps me eternally. My desire is to tell others of Jesus. I long to exhibit such joy in Jesus that others will run to him for eternal quenching from a thirsty soul. His living water is tangible to believers.

*Dear lady, have you drank Jesus’s living water?

*Have you experienced that well of water springing up into everlasting life? 

  *You can receive Jesus today. 

WORDS OF TRUTH

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44  

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

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