Living water (6) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

The woman said to him, I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things. Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he. The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, Come, see a man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ? Then they went out of the city and came to him.
John 4:25-30.

Living water (6)
The Samaritan woman's encounter with the tired Jewish traveller had been full of surprises: He had condescended to speak to her; He had humbly asked her for a drink; then He had offered her "living water" and finally revealed the state of her life.

That the stranger must be a prophet was clear. But then He had spoken so impressively about God as the Father and dismissed the religious traditions of Samaritans and Jews. Was this stranger possibly the long awaited Messiah, the Son of God? The woman cautiously introduced the subject. Now the moment had come when Christ could reveal Himself to her: "I who speak to you am he."

Overwhelmed by the presence of the Redeemer, the woman forgot why she had come to the well. She left her waterpot there and hurried to the town, to share this tremendous news with others.

She told them that Jesus was acquainted with her whole life - He must be the promised Messiah! She put it as a question, but without any doubt, but rather in amazement at what she had experienced with the Son of God. And the others came to know Jesus, too. Finally many believed that Jesus is "indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world" (vv. 39-42).

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Today's reading: Jeremiah 31:1-14 · Romans 5:1-10