John 4:6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
This conversation at the well broke so many social norms of the day. A Jew talking with a Samaritan. A lone man talking to a lone woman. A religious person talking to, from all appearances, a woman of ill repute. Yet Jesus does talk to her, earnestly, honestly. He shows her deep, fierce, unconditional love, and it completely changes her life.
John 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”
From the time of day she’s at the well and the fact that she’s alone, we can assume that she is intentionally avoiding others. From the fact that she’s had five husbands and isn’t married to the current man, we can assume that she’s a social outcast. Yet she is so affected, so changed by her time with Jesus that she intentionally seeks out people and shares her story and Jesus’s influence on her so that they may be changed as well.
John 4:9 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.)
Lord, We all want to be loved and accepted. We all worry that we have strayed too far from Your ways for You to truly embrace us as Your own. We all put up walls and defenses to keep us safe. Help us to be like the woman at the well. Help us to feel Your profound love so deeply that we want to share it with everyone. Help us break down the walls and draw closer to You. Amen.
John 4:10 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.”
Have a blessed day.