Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat. Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. - John 4:1-26
I love the account of Christ and the Samaritan woman. Such intimacy in conversation. It was One on One, just her and the LIVING GOD. Jesus begins this account by being about HIS Fathers business. Jesus tells us that He had a need to go through Samaria.
In this account we find we have officially entered a sovereign point of time in God's Kingdom, we are directed by the Messiah himself, to Worship HIM in Spirit and Truth. Jesus says, "God is a Spirit." Jesus makes it paramount that we MUST worship him in Spirit and in Truth.
Questions for personal reflection:
What is your Samaria that HE (the Father) has NEED of you to go through?
What is His definition of Worship?
Are you Willing and Obedient to WORSHIP Him in SPIRIT and Truth?
Are you drinking from the Living Water, where you will thirst no more or something that mimicks it very close, but has a bitter taste?
This passage of Scripture shares several direct orders by God himself. To seriously follow the Father, requires us to make sincere efforts in keeping the commands of the Lord. I would challenge each of us, myself included, to place the Body and Blood of Christ symbolically in front of us often and ask ourselves, "Am I really willing to transgress the Body and Blood of my LORD and Savior or do it HIS WAY? "...Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done... On Earth as it is in Heaven.
As the Samaritan woman received her Lord and Savior are we willing to be about our Father's business in 2009, whatever HE asks of you today. We can only do this by Worshiping him in Spirit and Truth, through a willing and obedient heart.
Blessings,
Todd
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