My personal meditation on John 4:7-10 NIV
- When a Samaritan woman came to draw water , Jesus said to her ” will you give me a drink?”
- 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)
Why would Jesus ask from a Samaritan woman for water when Jews do not associate with Samaritans?
To ask help from a friend is a natural thing to do, but it takes so much humility to ask help from a stranger more so with an enemy. So maybe Jesus is teaching me here “humbleness ”
Jesus the ever powerful who multiplied the bread and fish can absolutely get water from the well without the help of the Samaritan woman. But he still said ” Will you give me a drink?” Jesus is teaching me the need for service to others . The importance of helping others who is in need regardless of their cultural background and religious beliefs
Also, He wants to reinforce his teaching about “love your enemy” if the Samaritan woman willingly give him water ,then thats showing love to her Jewish enemy
Traditions, practices, biases handed down from generation to generations affects our perceptions and decisions. Had it not been for the long time feud between the Jews and the Samaritans, maybe the woman would not hesitate to immediately give Jesus water, but instead she asked why do you ask water from me when you are a Jew.
- Jesus answered her”If you know the gift of God and who is it that asks you for drink , you would have asked him and he would have given you living water
Jesus revealed himself to the woman by making her aware of her need for a fountain of living water that never runs dry. That verse strikes me most.
Like a samaritan woman,I am also a sinner. I also need that living water. I need the living water that never runs dry.
A living water that is not stagnant, a living water that is flowing and make plants bear fruit. A living water that would quench my thirst and heal my spiritual dehydration
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