It\u2019s a meet-cute but of a spiritual sort. While on a long journey, Jesus stopped at Jacob\u2019s well and leaned against the stone wall, weary. His sandals were dust-covered. He waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A woman picked up her water jar. Driven by thirst and the need for sustenance, she, too, came to the well. A well where the water was considered a generational blessing of provision from Abraham\u2019s grandson, Jacob. A well that was deep and necessary for life to flourish and perhaps even considered sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman carried an empty jar and a heavy heart, two vessels that needed filling. As she approached, Jesus chose to ignore three cultural taboos. Not only did He see her, He spoke to this lowly Samaritan (first taboo) woman (second taboo) who lived with a man she was not married to (third taboo). According to Jewish law, even touching the jar this woman carried would have been unacceptable. As they conversed, He offered her what only He could: the gift of living water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even in her situation, we see her reverence for God through her questions about where to worship. Jesus saw it all\u2014the longing in her heart and the thirst in her soul. She came for water, yes, but when she had the chance to receive living water from the Messiah, she set down her water jar (John 4:28). With her deepest thirst quenched, she ran to tell others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Jesus brought to this woman transcended all she expected: the well\u2019s provision, what she thought she needed, and what she was burdened by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He sees us too. He sees our hearts for Him, and He sees where we fall short. He sees the load we carry. He knows everything we\u2019ve ever done, and He still provides more than we could imagine. In the same everyday tasks, in the very places where we\u2019re going for sustenance, this same living water is ours. He is waiting at the wells we\u2019re turning to and He reaches far deeper than our buckets will go. His eternal well forever satisfies our souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we come to him with our ears wide open and listen, we will find life (Isaiah 55:3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s lay down our jars to receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s a meet-cute but of a spiritual sort. While on a long journey, Jesus stopped at Jacob\u2019s well and leaned against the stone wall, weary. His sandals were dust-covered. He waited. A woman picked up her water jar. Driven by thirst and the need for sustenance, she, too, came to the well. A well where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":72654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john25"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[72756],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"THE LIVING WATER<\/b>
\r\nby Marnie Hammar<\/i>
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It\u2019s a meet-cute but of a spiritual sort. While on a long journey, Jesus stopped at Jacob\u2019s well and leaned against the stone wall, weary. His sandals were dust-covered. He waited.<\/p>
\r\n
A woman picked up her water jar. Driven by thirst and the need for sustenance, she, too, came to the well. A well where the water was considered a generational blessing of provision from Abraham\u2019s grandson, Jacob. A well that was deep and necessary for life to flourish and perhaps even considered sacred.<\/p>
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The woman carried an empty jar and a heavy heart, two vessels that needed filling. As she approached, Jesus chose to ignore three cultural taboos. Not only did He see her, He spoke to this lowly Samaritan (first taboo) woman (second taboo) who lived with a man she was not married to (third taboo). According to Jewish law, even touching the jar this woman carried would have been unacceptable. As they conversed, He offered her what only He could: the gift of living water.<\/p>
\r\n
Even in her situation, we see her reverence for God through her questions about where to worship. Jesus saw it all\u2014the longing in her heart and the thirst in her soul. She came for water, yes, but when she had the chance to receive living water from the Messiah, she set down her water jar (John 4:28). With her deepest thirst quenched, she ran to tell others.<\/p>
\r\n
What Jesus brought to this woman transcended all she expected: the well\u2019s provision, what she thought she needed, and what she was burdened by.<\/p>
\r\n
He sees us too. He sees our hearts for Him, and He sees where we fall short. He sees the load we carry. He knows everything we\u2019ve ever done, and He still provides more than we could imagine. In the same everyday tasks, in the very places where we\u2019re going for sustenance, this same living water is ours. He is waiting at the wells we\u2019re turning to and He reaches far deeper than our buckets will go. His eternal well forever satisfies our souls.<\/p>
\r\n
When we come to him with our ears wide open and listen, we will find life (Isaiah 55:3).<\/p>
\r\n
Let\u2019s lay down our jars to receive.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"5","scripture":"John 4:1-54, Isaiah 55:1-3","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}