Thirst: The Story Of The Samaritan WomanSample

The Samaritan woman is obviously drawn to Jesus in this story. She’s not sure what He has to offer, but she wants to know and is pretty sure that she wants whatever it is. At first, she asks Him for water that won’t run out. She thinks He might be able to meet a physical need. 

Jesus takes the conversation to a personal level, asking her to bring her husband to the well. Ashamed that she lives with a man to whom she isn’t married, she simply tells Him that she doesn’t have a husband. Jesus lets her know very quickly that she isn’t fooling Him. 

The Samaritan woman’s response is much like ours might be. Uncomfortable with the shift in conversation, she turns it back on Him, discussing the more neutral topic of religion while trying to figure out how He knows what He knows, but Jesus is having none of it. He cuts right through the religious pretense and talks about matters of the heart. When the woman has no pretense or conversational defense left, Jesus answers her spiritual questions by revealing His true identity. 

Are you comfortable dealing with Jesus on a personal level, or do you hide behind religious practices and “safe” conversation and prayer? 

What do you think would happen if you let God tell you what He really wants you to know? How would your life be different if you let Jesus be everything to you that He wants to be? 

Thank God for seeing right through you so you don’t have to keep pretending.