4:7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
4:8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)
4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that You, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)
4:10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."4:11 The woman said to him, "Sir, You have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do You get that living water?
4:12 Are You greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?"
4:13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
4:14 but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."4:15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." John 4:7-15
4:8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)
4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that You, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)
4:10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."4:11 The woman said to him, "Sir, You have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do You get that living water?
4:12 Are You greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?"
4:13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
4:14 but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."4:15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." John 4:7-15
It is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
During my college days I was zealous in my studies and my attempts to find work. Yet my spirit felt hungry and dry. While believing that being employed by a first-rate company would bring me happiness, I also had other questions: What is the purpose of my existence? What meaning is there in my giving myself to this work? Life is limited to one time; therefore, I wanted to devote my life to something with real value. I knew there should be something more important for me to learn, and I have always sought that true teaching. Then I encountered the words of Jesus in the Bible. Jesus offered me water that satisfies my spiritual thirst and became “a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” Before, I had seen God as distant from me.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 (NRSV)
Prayer
O God, thank you for salvation. Deliver us from spiritual hunger and thirst as we worship you in spirit and truth. Amen.
Prayer focus - Those searching for meaning and inner peace
