This week I was reminded of the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, when she meets her Messiah. This woman would go day to day drawing from this “well” thinking this water was going to satisfy her. When in reality this well, was just a hole in the ground. Jesus is sitting by the well when the woman walks up to draw water and He asks the woman for a drink. And she’s confused that this man is talking to her. And why he is asking her for a drink. it goes on to say in verses 10-14 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then do you get this living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?” Jesus answered and said, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, “But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
The Samaritan woman was drawing from this well full of dirty. Unsatisfying water, that was only going to cause her to thirst again. It simply was just a hole in the ground. That only offers temporary satisfaction. But, here we see, in the middle of her work day world, it dawns on her that God is pursuing her. He’s not pursuing Jerusalem, or a massive amount of people at a rally. --- He’s pursuing her.
Have you ever had that moment? Have you ever felt stale and hardened in your heart and yet, sensed God trying to break through the thickness of all that insecurity and hurt and say “I am not just a book. I am not just words on a screen that you sing. I AM a Person. Who wants to know you. The woman, heart pounding as Jesus proves He knows her like no one has ever known her, understands His claim. She realizes she has been drawing from all the wrong holes. She realizes. It’s time to draw from the only True Well.
Jesus… He wants you! He wants your heart. He wants to hold you in the warm embrace of His loving arms. He LOVES and cherishes you more then you could ever know.
Sisters, what kind of holes are you drawing from? How many are you drawing from? Beloved. Walk away from the holes surrounding you and go to the Well. draw from the presence of Jesus. You will never thirst for things of this world. Jesus will quench your soul. Meet your first LOVE. Who will satisfy your heart. He is relentlessly pursuing you. He has what you need. No need to search any longer. Leave it all behind. Bring Him your heart. Rest in His arms.
Psalm 139:1-4
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
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