The Samaritan Woman at
the Well
In John Chapter four,
there was an account of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus asked
for a drink of water from the Samaritan woman. The woman was surprised that a Jew
could ask a Samaritan for a drink, for Jews did not associate with Samaritans
at that time. A conversation then followed between Jesus and the Samaritan
woman. Jesus answered her in verse ten that if you knew the gift of God and
who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and He would have
given you living water. Jesus told her later on that everyone who
drinks water from the well will be thirsty again but whoever drinks the water He
gives them will never thirst. He concluded by saying that the water will become
in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. The woman then asked
Jesus for His water. The woman was truthful to Jesus when he asked about her
husband. It was shameful to be married five times at that time and still be
unmarried. However, the woman was very truthful despite her shame. She came to
Jesus in truth; just as she was. In verse 23 to 24 Jesus said “yet
a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the
Father seeks. God is spirit and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and
in truth”.
When praying to our
Father in heaven, irrespective of our shame, we must come to God in prayer,
just as we are from a sincere heart. There should be no cover ups just like the
Samaritan woman who laid it all bare at Jesus’ feet in order to get living
water. For this is the kind of worshipers that God wants.
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