John 4:13-14 Jesus
answered and said to her “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again;
14 but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I
shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
“Because
something is happening here but you don't know what it is.
Do you, Mister Jones? – Bob Dylan “Ballad of a Thin Man”
Do you, Mister Jones? – Bob Dylan “Ballad of a Thin Man”
Some night before this noon
encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus detected that the
Pharisee Nicodemus was clueless about the meaning of the Spirit which scripture
was written to impart. The woman, without formal learning, was far more willing
to understand Jesus’ message, and she gets it, becoming a female disciple of
the Lord.
In this
passage, it becomes clear that Jesus’ precious water does not simply quench
thirst, it changes the person so that the thirsts of the spirit, meaning
anxiety, depression, grief, and hopelessness will all be kept at bay, through
one’s own deep spring, from which hope is refreshed every day.
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