Give Me A Drink

“A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”  John 4:7

The Samaritan woman went out from her home on a very ordinary errand, to fetch water from the public well, and before she returned home she had met the Christ and He had revealed Himself to her soul as her Saviour. She was not even actively seeking for Christ, even though the unsatisfied yearning of her heart echoed a cry for the Saviour.

It’s the same for all of us. We may not be actively seeking Jesus, but our souls yearn for something more. Our heart yearns for the Saviour.

We never know when we will meet Christ. He waits for us in all the paths of life. The day of our encounter with Christ may begin and progress like just any other day as we go about our daily duties.

In this encounter, Jesus began His ministry of blessing to this woman by asking her a simple favour. He said, “Give me a drink,”

Jesus continually meets us in some disguise, asking of us some service. He has told us that we can see him in the least of His little ones who appeal to us for bread in their hunger, or relief in their distress and that what we do for them, we do for Him.

So we never know when it is Christ that stands before us, in need and requesting help. We should therefore be careful how we treat those we meet on our life’s journeys. We may be giving a cup of water to the Lord Jesus.

It may very well be our own encounter with Christ.