Living Water

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

Jesus was sitting on Jacob's well and a Samaritan woman had come to draw water.  Jesus asked the woman to draw water for him.  The woman was amazed by Jesus' request because the Jews had nothing to do with the Samaritans.   The Jews considered the Samaritans to  be half breeds;  they were half Assyrian and half Jew.  In the discussion with the woman Jesus did what he often did, he drew on familiar objects to illustrate a spiritual point.  Jesus told her if she knew the gift of God and who it was that asked for a drink of water she would have asked Him and He would have given her living water.  The woman didn't understand what Jesus was referring to.  She still thought Jesus was talking about physical water in verse 11.  Jesus informed her that if she drank of the water in the well she would thirst again.  If she took of the living water that He offered she would never thirst again.  We understand that the living water that Jesus offered was salvation.  This is a wonderful picture of the security of the believer.  If we take of the living water, salvation, we will never thirst again.  Once I am saved by faith in Christ I will never thirst for salvation again.  That living water will be living water that will be springing up eternally in our life.  The woman desire the living water that Jesus offered.  How about you?  Do you desire to have the living water that Jesus offers?  It will eternally quench a thirsty soul that is seeking peace and security in a hectic world!