Jesus had to go through Samaria. Jesus sat down by Jacob’s
well in a town called Sychar as He was thirsty. His disciples had gone into the
town to buy food. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus spoke to her
even though at the time Jews did not associate with Samaritans. He asked her
for a drink of water. She was astonished that Jesus spoke to her and Jesus
responded by saying:
“If you knew the gift of
God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him, and he
would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and
the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are
you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it
himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
Jesus answered,
“Everyone
who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the
water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become
in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
فَأَجَابَهَا يَسُوعُ:
لَطَلَبْتِ أَنْتِ مِنْهُ فَأَعْطَاكِ مَاءً حَيّاً!»«لَوْ كُنْتِ
تَعْرِفِينَ عَطِيَّةَ اللهِ، وَمَنْ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ لَكِ: اسْقِينِي،
: «وَلكِنْ يَاسَيِّدُ، لَيْسَ مَعَكَ دَلْوٌ، وَالْبِئْرُ
عَمِيقَةٌ. فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ الْمَاءُ الْحَيُّ؟
فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ:
كُلُّ مَنْ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَاءِ يَعُودُ فَيَعْطَشُ.
14 وَلكِنَّ الَّذِي يَشْرَبُ
مِنَ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي أُعْطِيهِ أَنَا، لَنْ يَعْطَشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَبَداً،
بَلْ إِنَّ مَا أُعْطِيهِ مِنْ مَاءٍ يُصْبِحُ فِي دَاخِلِهِ نَبْعاً يَفِيضُ
فَيُعْطِي حَيَاةً أَبَدِيَّةً».
The Samaritan woman looked at the natural possibilities. How can this man give me water when he does not even have any utensil to put water in or method to draw water from the well.
Unfortunately, some of us are still doing the same today. We
sometimes look at the natural even though we know who Jesus is. The Samaritan
woman did not know who Jesus was when she asked the question. We know who Jesus
is but sometimes we still fall into the same trap. We know that God can
do miracles but sometimes we do not believe Him when He says He will do great
things in our lives.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, thank You for Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love
and for Your abundant blessings. Lord, I do not want to look at the natural. I
want to look at the supernatural, the realm You operate in. Help me Lord to
focus on You, not on my circumstances. Increase my faith O’Lord and show me
Your ways. Help me to believe beyond any doubt all Your promises.
Jesus, please give me Your water and make it become in
me a spring of water welling up to eternal life. Jesus, please help me to
become more and more Christ like on a daily basis. In Your mighty name Jesus, I pray. To Jesus be the
power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and
ever. Amen.
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
