"God's Gift of LIVING WATER"

 

“God’s Gift of LIVING WATER”

 

Jesus answered her, “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.”                                                            “But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.  Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a Spring of Water welling up to Eternal Life.”                                                               John 4:10, 14

 

Jesus left Judea and went back to Galilee.  He had to go through Samaria, so He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, where Jacob’s well was. And Jesus being tired from His journey, sat down to rest, beside the well. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus ask her for a drink.  The Samaritan woman was surprised that Jesus, being a Jew would ask HER for a drink, so she answered His request with her own question: “How can you ask me for a drink?” (as Jews did NOT associate with SAMARITANS.) 

 

And so, Jesus’ answer to her was: “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.”  This was a PUZZLING statement to her, yet it stimulated her curiosity so much that, more than likely, she would have questioned Him, with these questions: “Who are you?  What is the Gift of God?  And, what is this LIVING WATER?”   After she questioned Jesus, and Him telling her things about herself that ONLY she would know, He revealed His identity, to her, that He was the MESSIAH. (vs. 26) And what was the GIFT of GOD?  The GIFT of GOD was the LIVING WATER, which is really the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD.  And this LIVING WATER/HOLY SPIRIT, is WATER that ONLY JESUS can give, and it provides a CONTINUAL SATISFACTION of NEEDS and DESIRES.  And those who drink of this LIVING WATER will NEVER SPIRITUALLY THIRST again, because they will have a SPRING of WATER welling up to ETERNAL LIFE.

 

Jesus was speaking of the LIVING WATER, not the water that was in Jacob’s Well.  He was speaking of the INDWELLING of God’s HOLY SPIRIT, which He gives to ALL who BELIEVE and will TRUST in JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOR and LORD.  This LIVING WATER, the HOLY SPIRIT brings SALVATION to those who are searching and He is our COUNSELOR, TEACHER, and GUIDE through this life, and will LEAD us to our ETERNAL LIFE.  WHAT an AWESOME GIFT for those who will ACCEPT IT, and BELIEVE IN IT.  Have you ACCEPTED this GIFT of LIVING WATER? 

 

You can ONLY possess it, IF you have given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, by coming to Him, through the SHED BLOOD of His ONE and ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  In order to RECEIVE this GIFT of LIVING WATER, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gifts of SALVATION, and of His LIVING WATER, so you will NEVER SPIRITUALLY THIRST AGAIN and will receive His Promise of ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!