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October 4 - What Is Living Water? - Devotional
GracetoYou.org ^ | 2008 | John MacArthur, Grace Community Church

Posted on 10/04/2022 11:03:49 AM PDT by metmom

“Jesus answered and said to her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, “Give Me a drink,” you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.’ She said to Him, ‘Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?’ . . . Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life’” (John 4:10–11, 13–14).

Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well is another opportunity for Him to teach profound spiritual truth through a metaphor. When their conversation began, He was the thirsty one, and she the one with the water. Now He spoke as if she were the thirsty one and He the one with the water. Her confusion is not unexpected. She did not understand Jesus was talking about spiritual realities. The “living water” He offered was salvation in all its fullness.

But she was skeptical of His ability to provide the living water He offered. So Jesus patiently answered her skeptical question: “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” Here was Jesus offering her the living water of spiritual life to quench her parched, needy soul.

Ask Yourself

What activities of Jesus in your life share some common qualities with water—its clarity, its refreshment, its cleansing, its sustenance, its replenishment? Praise Him for each of these things as He brings them to mind.

From Daily Readings from the Life of Christ, Vol. 1, John MacArthur. Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 60610, www.moodypublishers.com.


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1 posted on 10/04/2022 11:03:49 AM PDT by metmom
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2 posted on 10/04/2022 11:04:07 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: metmom

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3 posted on 10/04/2022 11:42:00 AM PDT by matthew fuller (Murrill McLean Award, for cowardice by a Policeman, shooting of 12 lb. Mini-Dachshund. Danville, VA)
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To: metmom

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4 posted on 10/04/2022 11:46:19 AM PDT by easternsky
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To: metmom

Thanks metmom - this is one of my favorite “scenes” from the Bible - very Jesus, being very human, but still fully God.


5 posted on 10/04/2022 11:51:19 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: metmom

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6 posted on 10/04/2022 12:44:19 PM PDT by chuckles
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To: metmom

Thanks for another good one, Metmom.


7 posted on 10/04/2022 2:18:39 PM PDT by SouthernClaire (God Help America!)
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Jesus’ patience with people who are needy and seeking is incredible.

His lack of patience with religious hypocrites is also notable.


8 posted on 10/04/2022 4:24:50 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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That’s very good and true, Metmom.


9 posted on 10/05/2022 9:09:26 AM PDT by SouthernClaire (God Help America!)
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