Jesus answered and said to her, “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.” John 4:13-14
Jesus met the woman at the well at the point of her thirst. As she had the habit to do, she came to satisfy her natural thirst, but Jesus addressed the root of her need, which was a spiritual thirst. Many of us just like the woman at the well keep going back to the wells that satisfy only temporarily; we are so comfortable with our habits that we just settle for “better than nothing” situations. Many wells and many waters cannot quench our thirst until we come to Jesus. This song “You Won’t Relent” by Jesus Culture beautifully illustrates this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEJnePjJZaM
The good news is that Jesus came, so we won’t have to settle for less. We don’t have to act like we are satisfied when in reality we are still yearning or striving on the inside. The living water quenches the thirst better. The more we drink of this water, the less we thirst for the world. When we get thirsty, we go right to the source and seek His approval and His love for us.
The scripture tells us that when experience the living waters, it doesn’t just meet our needs, but it begins to overflow through us! This living water takes us out of isolation, self-preservation, and survival mentality. It opens us up to others. We develop abundance mind-set rather than scarcity mind-set. Not only we see God’s provision in our lives, but we also become the carriers of this provision to others who are seeking and searching for the living waters as well. The spring of living waters does not run dry because we are connected to the source. The Lord continues to pour down his grace on us by giving us more love, deeper compassion, greater generosity, & better understanding for others.
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” John 4:39
The story of the woman at the well does not end by her just drinking the living waters. Once she found this incredible gift, she became a “fountain of living water springing up to life” as Jesus stated. She took her testimony to her other fellow villagers because she had found a treasure that she could not keep to herself. Even though the villagers must have shunned her for years, she did not hold that against them. Sharing her precious living water was more important than their pathetic rejection of her. She was too excited to hold the Good News back from those who had held back years of love and respect for her. Praise God!