“Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)”
John 4:6-8 KJV
Wearied by His long journey, Jesus sat on the edge of Jacob’s well, and sent His disciples into the village to buy food, for it was already afternoon. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” The well was fed by a spring and is a picture of the ‘spring’ of the Jacob-life flowing through all humanity in every one of us that is fed by Adam’s fall. But Jesus sat as a ‘lid’ to Jacob’s well, sealing its polluted stream. In Christ, Jacob’s clever striving has ended. The Living Well sat on Jacob’s well as Jesus sat there ready to give His Living Water to all who would come and drink. The “water” that Jesus wanted from the woman at the well, was the refreshing, satisfying pleasure of her devotion. He says to each one of us, “Nothing satisfies Me, except you.” The sinner drank of the Saviour and the Saviour drank of the sinner and both were satisfied. Neither ate or drank but both were satisfied. May we give pleasure to our Lord Jesus by our devotion. Amen!
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