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John 4:7-10
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 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.”
She was neither young nor beautiful. She had been worn down by life and looked years older than her age. Her clothes were likely old, worn and dirty. If each person wore a personal description, “Used” would be tattooed on her forehead. With her reputation and what was left of her self-esteem, she came alone to draw water at a time when no one else would be at the well, when no one could remind her of her shame with turned backs and judgmental looks.
She had been married five times and now was living with a man. Perhaps she entered into marriage number one or two with some hope. Now she had become a domestic slave, an in-house prostitute. She stayed with a man until he tired of her and threw her out on the streets. Then she went looking for another man who was looking for a woman like her.
Little did she know that the man waiting for her by the well was Jesus, bearing the gift of God’s grace and water that quenches the thirst of the soul. He was there to meet an outcast, a sinner. In fact, that is what He left heaven to do. He came to meet us in our place of brokenness and need. He came to bring living water to our thirsty souls.
Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to me in my sin, brokenness and despair. Thank You for bringing the satisfaction that I longed for to my thirsty soul. In Your name. Amen.
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