The woman of Samaria comes to draw water from the well at noon. This is an odd time to come to draw water because this is the heat of the day. If she was truly coming to draw water she would of picked another hour. Instead she was coming here after something else. As we were told in our Gospel concerning her, she has had “five husbands, and the one (she had) now is not (hers).”
The Lord enters into this dialogue with her. The two move back and forth in their conversation. The Lord is leading her along a path which leads to an encounter with truth. He promises her what He can give for He is able to give, a water from which people will drink and never be thirsty again. She has lived her life entering into sin. Through her many relations she was lost and only the love and respect that the Lord would give to her would restore her to life.
At the end of this dialogue we are told that “the woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people, ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I have done.” She didn’t need her jar anymore because she had come into an encounter with truth. She had received everything that she needed from Him and was finally willing to drink what He desired to give unto her.
There are some Christians who live as such in name only. They have been claimed for Him in baptism, but live their life of faith far from Him. There is only one answer that we seek and that is Christ. We can never be truly happy unless we come to know and love Him in this life. This woman would of remained broken, but she came to believe and profess in truth itself. Likewise, we must be willing to receive all that He desires to give to us.
What is the well that we choose to hang around? Why do we go there? What are we attempting to escape from? Let us realize that the true well for which we seek is Christ and the outpouring of God’s grace. Those who drink of this water will not thirst and yet we would rather drink from other streams which will always leave us thirsty.
Lent leads us towards the waters of baptism which cleanse us and make us whole. We cannot forget the life that we were committed to there. Through these waters we were cleansed and from them we must continue to walk with the Lord our God day by day. In our encounter with Him let us be willing to leave the jar that we cling to in this life behind in order that we may profess Him as Lord by the way in which we choose to live and order our life on this earth.
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