To avoid the Pharisees, Jesus traveled back to Galilee. Instead of taking the normal route, he went through Samaria, which was a territory that the Jews stayed clear of. Jesus went beyond all human barriers, to the most despised and most rejected places, to encounter and save one lost and needy soul. While his disciples went to get food, he sat by a well and met a Samaritan woman.

Jesus asked for her a drink of water. In response, the woman refused because Jesus was a Jew and she was a Samaritan. But Jesus did not turn away from her. He wanted to offer her a gift: living water. This woman came to the well every day for a drink, but she always needed to come back until finally the Messiah came to her. Jesus wanted to satisfy her soul with the gift of God so she would never be thirsty again.

We often feel dissatisfied and look for physical things to fill our hearts (success, wealth, romance, popularity). We want to take away the emptiness of our daily lives but going to these "wells of water" does not cure our inner thirst. What is the solution? Jesus declared that it is only when we drink the water that he gives that we will never thirst. When we drink the water he gives us, we will overflow with the living water of eternal life. We can receive this free gift from God when we put our faith in Jesus (John 6:35).


Application: Father, thank you for Jesus, who came to give us living water so we would never thirst in this world. May we be open to receiving your gift today.
One Word: Receive the living water of eternal life from Jesus today