Thirst Quencher

 As Jesus made his way from Judea to Galilee, he passed through Samaria in the middle part of the day.  The heat was intense and Jesus' thirst was almost overwhelming.  He found a seat near a well, but had nothing to draw the water with. A Samaritan woman was coming to the well for water, and Jesus asked her for a drink.   For Jesus to speak to her was shocking for three reasons.   She was a woman; she was a Samaritan, and she was a moral outcast, as she was by herself in the middle of the day, instead of taking care of her family.  She challenged Jesus as to why He would speak to her, and He responded. "If you knew the gift of God, and who you were speaking with, you would have asked me for living water."  Confused, she questioned, "How could you provide me with water when you have no way to get it from the well?"  Jesus replied, "Whoever drinks the water from the well will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the living water will never be thirsty again."  She then asks Him for the living water, but Jesus tells her to go get her husband.  She confessed that she didn't have a husband, and Jesus confirmed that she has had five husbands, and she was currently sleeping with a man she wasn't married to.  The woman recognized Jesus as a prophet and told Him that she knew the Messiah would come, and when he came, He would explain everything to her.  Jesus declared, "I am He".  

Jesus' thirst that day led him to an encounter with a woman that could have gone in several different directions.  But His calm approach, and uncondeming manner led her to Him.  Jesus has that same thirst for each of us to know Him and follow Him.  Come and drink from the well.