Well-watered Woman

"Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?" John 4:11 (NIV)

I have felt like the woman that Jesus encountered at the well in Samaria. No, I haven't had five husbands. But I know what it is like to feel unworthy of giving the most basic of necessities to Jesus. I have not been asked to give Him water, but I have felt unworthy to offer Him praise or to give Him my time. I have asked that "Who, me?" question a thousand times before. Who am I to serve Him? I am nothing, I answer, nothing! I am useless, merely human. How can I possibly serve the Creator? How can I possibly serve the Word? How can I compare to His death on the cross?

The answer is that I don't need to live up to His deed. No one can! I only need to accept Him. I only need to say "Yes, Lord." In John 4:10, Jesus tells the woman if she only knew who she was talking to, she would be asking Him for living water! I get to ask for the water, the living water, just as He told the woman at the well to do. I get to ask for the impossible, for His help whenever I need it. Her reply in verse 11 to His statement is similar to mine. "But that is impossible!" I think like her when I say, "God, there is no solution!" It is just like her saying He has no bucket to draw the living water. When I start thinking like this, I need to remind myself that God isn't bound by our thinking. He sees things we don't, He knows things we don't, and He answers things in ways we couldn't possibly imagine. When you feel as though you are not worthy to fetch Jesus a drink, remember that He is able to give you living water. You are worthy to be a "well-watered" woman, because He died and rose again for YOU.

God, remind me that I am worthy of the living water, that you can see a situation differently than I can, and that You will meet my needs. Amen.

Nikki Hamsher