It was long ago that the woman of Samaria came to the well in the heat of the day. She brought with her an empty pitcher. She found there a Man, weary with His journey, sitting on the edge of the well.
“Give Me to drink,” He asked of her. The poor woman wondered that Jewish pride would let this Man speak to her, a Samaritan, but His answer surprised her still more. “If thou knewest the gift of God, arid 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.”
Now my reader, who was He? He was the Son of God, the Creator of heaven and earth, sitting weary and. thirsty, and asking a poor sinner for a drink. The woman did not understand, and perhaps you don’t understand either, but the Man who sat by the well was very patient with her. He did not speak in long, hard words, nor expect her to answer in special words memorized out of a book.
That Man, who is also God, spoke to her about the well, and the water, and the home she had come from, and showed that He knew all about them. He spoke right to her heart, plainly and patiently, until she understood. He does the same right now, to you He knows all about you, and your friends, and the home you come from, and He speaks right to your heart.
The woman of Samaria listened well. He showed up all her sin, but He also showed her who He was. She felt her sin as she had never felt it before, but she learned to know the Saviour of sinners that day. She soon forgot all about her empty waterpot, and went into the city to tell others to come and see Him also. “Come,” she said, “come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”
Boys and girls, will you listen to Him too? He wants to show you who He is and what He has done for you. He knows all the badness of your own heart too and yet He died on Calvary in order that He might save you and bless you eternally. Just kneel before Him, remembering that He knows all about you, and ask Him to save you now. Then you also will be ready to tell others,
ML 07/09/1950