The Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well was there for water--to quench her thirst, assist in her family cooking, wash the clothes-- perform the daily functions accompanied by water.
She probably wasn't expecting an offer of "living water" when she met Jesus that day.
She expected to come back--day after day--to replenish her supply, with the knowledge that such water would never truly satisfy her deepest, innermost needs.
Needs that five husbands and now, a "boy friend" had never managed to meet as well.
But Jesus made her an offer she couldn't refuse--he told her if she drank His water she would never thirst again.
I am not sure she truly understood the significance of that offer but she said, "Give me some of that to drink!"
Jesus would tell her that He was exactly whom she was looking for--"I am He!"--and she would tell others of her discovery (see John 4).
Try the "living water". It satisfies the deepest needs of your heart.
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