A Journey Through the Gospel of St. John
“What A Well Of A Meeting”
(Part II) St. John 4:7-10
As we continue our series with regard to this subject – What a Well of a Meeting” taken from St. John Chapter 4, let us thank God for Christ, who come from the heights of glory to dwell among deplorable humanity. That the God of all eternity would converse with a poor and desolate outcast is grace personified! Our Saviour, being wearied from His journey, sat on a well (4:6), and from there, meets a poor and desolate outcast of Samaria. “What a Well of a Meeting”: The supreme Son of God comes into contact with a sordid outcast of Samaria.
What a beautiful picture of divine grace, ever seeking to save debased mankind (Luke 19:10). From verse 7, Jesus initiates the conversation by saying – “Give me to drink.” What a strange request by the Master of oceans and seas to be requesting a drink of water. But the request brings out the extent of His condescension – and, because of His humanity, Jesus experiences the limitations of a man; and as a man, He became hungry, wearied, and even experience pain and He suffered – but He never got sick! He experienced being humiliated, and on an old rugged cross, He died voluntarily for you and me. Being wearied from His journey, He was never too weary to seek and to save a lost Samaritan outcast! Through God’s providence, this meeting was definitely arranged wherein Jesus and this morally debased woman of Samaria would be alone (4:8). Think of what the meeting would have been like if the disciples were there! There would have been all kind of objections raised in the meeting, especially due to the fact that the Jews and the Samaritans despised one another. After overcoming her prejudices and surprise, Jesus sought to get the Samaritan outcast to realize that her awful spiritual condition can be met by receiving Him and His gift of “living water” (4:9-10). The “living water” has reference to salvation, a gift from God. And anyone who is spiritually poor, desolate, despairing, and lost, can be saved by receiving Christ’s offer of “living water.” It makes no difference how morally unclean you are, though tainted with sin; the grace of God can meet your deepest need. At the well, Christ can quench the deepest longing of your parched soul. May God truly bless!
A Journey Through the Gospel of St. John
