Only one man has lived who fully understood 'what women want.' The story says that He goes down to a well one day and in pure honesty, tells this lady straight up, "He's not going make you happy." She's completely taken aback by this revered, high society gentleman speaking to her about her personal life. Much less a subject she didn't want anybody knowing about.... her sex life.
"That guy you're sleeping with, the one who loves you when the lights burn low, is the same one who drains it all out of you the next morning. He's like this well. You don't come to the well once in a lifetime. You're here every day. Every single day you have to come to this well because you're thirsty. And you're never going to stop being thirsty. You can give him exactly what he wants, when he wants it, and believe he really loves you. But after awhile, your tongue is parched again and wants a drink."
Women were created to be protected and cared for. The problem is we settle for the tangible. We settle for what's right in front of us instead of looking beyond into the captivating currents of the eternal. "I am He," he tells her. He's says he's the living water that fills you up over and over again. The water that fills you up so you don't need to stick it out with a guy who won't marry you. She tells him she wants the living water; she wants it right away.
Jesus is what we all want, but we search everywhere else because He makes us uncomfortable. The odds are, this woman wasn't sleeping around for the fun of it. She was sleeping around to keep food in her belly. What kind of man calls a woman out for using her body to stay alive? The only man who can call a woman out for this is a man who knows that there are things more important in life than food in our belly. Or a man's arms around our waist.
Jesus shows us that we are ridiculous creatures who are all one decision away from screwing everything up--on a daily basis. We will chase after something even while it crushes us, in hopes of it one day filling the void. Jesus holds up our chains and says we will be a prisoner as long as we look for freedom in the tangible. When we ask for the water; the living water, our identity is sealed. Even in the midst of rejection, our identity is still the same. No longer does anyone decide who we are or where we find our joy.
Jesus knows you and he won't stop meeting you at the well until you realize nothing but Him will quench your thirst to be loved.
John 4:4-26
Jesus knows you and he won't stop meeting you at the well until you realize nothing but Him will quench your thirst to be loved.
John 4:4-26
