"Woman At The Well & Living Waters”

And what I saw is that Jesus will release a river that’ll flow not only into us, but out from us as well, the Holy Spirit, and He will bring both healing and renewal.

And let me end this section by saying that not only where the river of the Holy Spirit flows there’s healing, but the deeper we go into the river, the mightier the flow.

If we want the power of God to help us along on this journey of faith, bringing life and healing then we’re going to have to let the Holy Spirit take us, guide and transport us into the plans and purposes of God.

We don’t have to be afraid of the middle of the river, and we don’t have to be afraid of getting in over our heads, because when we’re in the middle of the River of Living Waters, the Holy Spirit is going to take us for the ride of our lives. He’ll take us to these places of new life, and those places that were once dead He’ll make alive.

Unfortunately, like many, the Samaritan woman wasn’t quite there yet. Notice she said, “Hey, give me this water that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.” (John 4:15 paraphrase)

So, Jesus de-masks her and brings her face to face with her iniquity. He said, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” (John 4:16 NKJV) And she confessed, “I have no husband.” (John 4:17 NKJV)

For her to be that vessel used for God’s glory and to tell the story, she had to be a clean vessel, and so, Jesus laid bare her sin so that she could confess her sins and repent of them.

Looking at this I’m reminded of the type of vessels they put the water in. They were stone vessels. And the reason they put water into stone vessels is because stone is pure and cannot become unclean.

And once again the woman goes on the defensive talking now about religion. “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” To which Jesus replied, “The hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.” (John 4:20-22 NKJV)

Jesus is now starting the resetting process, that is, bringing her back into alignment with God, that is, how God originally created her, and the relationship that He desired. It starts with the Living Water of the Holy Spirit, and then it’s about our worshipping God in spirit and truth.

Jesus goes on to say, “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23-24)

Jesus is throwing the religious establishments on their heads. They said it’s all about where you worship, Jesus says it’s all about who and how you are to worship.

Now, to worship God in truth is basically to worship God in accordance with what God has revealed about Himself in His word, because as Jesus said, “Sanctify them (that is, set them apart from the world) by Your truth. Your word is truth.” (John 17:17 NKJV)