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From Heaven With Love
Jesus answered, “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.” Had you asked of
Me, I would have given you to drink of the water of everlasting life.
The Woman’s Interest Is Awakened
The woman’s light, bantering manner began to change. “Sir,
Thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence
then hast Thou that living water? Art Thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself?” She saw
before her only a thirsty traveler. In her mind she compared Him
with Jacob. She was looking backward to the fathers, and forward
to the Messiah’s coming, while the Messiah Himself was beside her,
and she knew Him not. How many thirsty souls are today close by
the living fountain, yet looking far away for the wellsprings of life!
With solemn earnestness Jesus said, “Whosoever drinketh of this
water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
Everywhere men long for something to supply the unsatisfied
need of the soul. Only One can meet that want—Christ, “the Desire
of all nations.” The divine grace which He imparts is as living water,
purifying and invigorating the soul.
Jesus did not convey the idea that merely one draft of the water of
life would suffice. He who tastes of the love of Christ will continually
long for more; but he seeks for nothing else. The riches, honors, and
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pleasures of the world do not attract him. The constant cry of his
heart is, More of Thee. Our Redeemer is an inexhaustible fountain.
We may drink, and drink again; and ever find a fresh supply.
Jesus had aroused the woman’s interest and awakened a desire
for the gift of which He spoke. “Sir, give me this water, that I thirst
not, neither come hither to draw.”
The Dark Secrets of Her Past
Jesus now abruptly turned the conversation. Before this soul
could receive the gift He longed to bestow, she must be brought to