Promises that are REAL...Take 2

Jesus answered, and said to her, " If you knew the gift of God and who it is who says to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

"Everyone who drinks of this water (from the well) will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

Understanding the Promise:

Have you ever been really thirsty?  Mouth feels like a thousand camels just walked through it?  You tongue is so dry you wonder if you could even muster any saliva.  Lips are dry and parched.  You would at this point drink anything just to quench the thirst.  In biblical times food and water were not always readily available like we have it here in the US.  You do not just hop on your donkey and run down to the 7-11 store for some chips and soda.  People had to raise much of their food and carry in all of their water.  Only the very wealthy kings and palace officials had water in their homes.  Good drinking water was not something that was easy to get.  Even wells were not really always good to drink directly from unless you first boiled the water to get rid of the parasites and germs.

Jesus uses food and water in many of His illustrations and promises simply because these were not things that the people of His time took for granted, like we do.  In this passage above Jesus has approached a Samaritan woman at a well.  He asks her for some water.  She wondered at first why He would ask her that because He was a Jew and she was a Samaritan, and Jews were not to speak or associate with Samaritans according to the Law.  Jesus then tells her if she knew who she was talking with she would have gladly accepted his request and then she would receive "living water".

Here is the promise...You will never thirst after receiving the living water from Jesus  for it will spring up like a well to eternal life.


Responding to the Promise:


So what is the living water?  Simply put it is the "Word of God".  We must read and listen to what God teaches us through His Word.  The gospel of John states in the opening statement of the book "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God."  Jesus himself is the Living Word of God...His words are like "living water" and are a powerful promise to us that if we abide in them we will live eternally with Him forever in the Heavenly realms.  We will never again thirst for direction, meaning, answers, love, appreciation, or any other human need...because we rely solely upon Him for all of our needs!  He is LIFE!  Without Him there is no life! 

This samaritan womans' life was forever changed as a result of this short meeting with Jesus.  This is all it takes for anyone!  Gods' will is for everyone to hear the message of Salvation through Jesus...share the good news today!  Share the Living Water!  Fill yourself to overflowing with the power of the Word of God!