She Left Her Waterpot

 

 

Good Day, our text for Today’s Living Word comes from Joh 4:28 “The woman then left her waterpot”

 

This woman is the infamous Samaritan woman whom Jesus met at the well. Her story is found in the first 42 verses of the fourth chapter of John and I encourage you to take the time to read it. But for right now I wish for us to focus in on her abandoned waterpot.

 

She left her waterpot! Simple statement of fact, but it sums up the gospel! That “left behind” cumbersome waterpot  tells us much of what was going on in this woman’s heart.

 

The waterpot, symbolically filled with the water of the Law drawn from Jacob’s well. The water that does not satisfy the thirsty soul is left behind because the woman had received the living water of Jesus! She is now unencumbered by the weight of the Law and will never thirst again.

 

Think about this for a moment. If the woman leaves with the waterpot, how would she typically carry it? It would be on top of her head and it would be a great picture of someone remaining under the Law. But she left it behind!

 

When Jesus revealed Himself as the Messiah, she received His testimony and was set free from the curse of the Law. This same freedom is available to all who trust in Jesus as the Messiah! 

 

It’s not that the Law is bad, on the contrary! Ga 3:23-25 tells us: “ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

 

The Law of course is still in force. It shows us our need for a Savior, it guides us in how to live out our faith, and it keeps the behavior of the unbeliever in check. Without it, our world would’ve gone up in flames eons ago!

 

The woman left the well, living under God’s grace. Wellsprings of living Law spewing from her heart. She was no longer under the external pressure of the Law, but rather, the internal releasing of the Holy Spirit and all He brings to the table.

 

The woman came to the well confined and pressed in by her sin, she left with the promise of eternal life. Ga 3:22 reminds us of our sinful condition and the hope we have in Jesus Christ. “But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.”

 

No matter how good you may think you are, without Christ you remain confined under sin. Many like it that way, and they continue to lug the waterpot around on their head thinking they can work their way into heaven. But the waterpot left behind by the Samaritan woman tells us a different story!

 

Believe in Jesus as the Messiah! Receive His gift of living water and leave the waterpot behind!