I’ve been sitting in the book of John lately—studying, devouring, replaying, and meditating—and the Lord keeps dropping one powerful nugget after another into my spirit. And as usual, my assignment is the same: to bring truth into the light, to highlight details many overlook, and to confront the places where popular teaching has glossed over significant revelation.

Let’s be honest—the woman at the well has been the subject of endless sermons, conferences, and even memes, especially the moment where Jesus exposed the truth about the husbands she didn’t have. That one section alone has circled the internet more times than some people have read the chapter.

And while many have preached or joked about her story, very few have slowed down long enough to examine what Jesus was actually doing in His interaction with her—not what we assume, not what tradition says, but what the text shows.

If we’re not careful, we’ll walk right past the ministry of Jesus in John 4—the confrontation, the exposure, the cleansing, the deliverance—and settle for a shallow recap of a woman with five husbands, instead of the revelation Jesus intended.

There are no coincidences in the Kingdom. None.

When Jesus shows up, He doesn’t wander—He moves with intention. Every detour, every delay, every uncomfortable stretch of the journey is strategic.

And in John 4, we meet a woman who thinks she’s just trying to survive another day without judgment and her normal controlled chaos… but Heaven had scheduled her deliverance long before she picked up her water jar.

The Two Thirsts

Jesus arrives at the well tired. The Scripture says He was “weary from His journey.” Fully God, yet fully man—hot, dusty, exhausted. But His physical exhaustion never stops His spiritual assignment.

John 4:4 says:

“He had to pass through Samaria.”

No Jewish traveler had to go that way. This wasn’t a geographical necessity. He went because one broken woman was about to collide with eternal truth.

She came to the well hiding from people. Jesus came to the well confronting her reality.

And He begins with a simple request: “Give me a drink.” But He quickly shifts from physical thirst to spiritual thirst.

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again…but whoever drinks of this water I give him will never be thirsty again.” —John 4:13–14

He’s not talking about well water. But she responds in the natural:

“Sir, give me this water…” —John 4:15

Jesus, being who He is, discerned the motive behind her request. He knew the truth:

She wasn’t craving holiness—
she was craving convenience.

She didn’t want transformation—
she wanted relief.

She wanted a quick miracle to make her life smoother, not a Savior who would make her life new.

And we’re no different.

We cry out for God to fix our discomfort—our marriages, our money, our emotions—yet we stiff-arm the solution that would actually heal us.

Jesus Didn’t Give Her “The Water” Immediately

She asks for the water.
Jesus doesn’t say yes. ^(!!!)

Instead, He exposes her truth:

“Go call your husband.” —John 4:16

And the internet has memed that moment to death. I love to laugh too but in Scripture, this wasn’t comedy—it was confrontation.

She had five husbands.
The one she lived with wasn’t hers.

Jesus pressed His finger into the sin she was hiding because He refuses to pour what is Holy into contaminated wells. He cannot fill you if you’re still full of the very thing He came to deliver you from.

You may be crying, “Lord, give me peace,” and God is responding, “Go call your husband.”

Translation?

Deal with the thing blocking the flow.

Your idol.
Your secret sin.
Your bitterness.
Your addiction.
That relationship God told you to release.
Your pride.
Your disobedience.

She asked for water.
Jesus addressed her bondage.
Then He revealed His identity.

and it was not until this was addressed could Jesus be revealed to her.

When the Soul Finally Drinks from this Well—You Drop the Jar

Once she encounters Truth, something prophetic happens:

“The woman left her water jar…” —John 4:28

That jar represented sin in the heart.
Shame.
Routine.
Loneliness.
Dependency.
Everything she thought she needed to carry.

She dropped the jar because she found the true Well.

Daily Bread = Daily Jesus

This moment at the well connects directly to Jesus’ teaching in John 6.

The crowd wanted bread.
Just like the woman wanted water.

And they said:

“Sir, give us this bread always.” —John 6:34

Same posture.
Same request.
Same misunderstanding.

They wanted provision.
Jesus offered Himself.

“I AM the bread of life.” —John 6:35

Which means when Jesus taught us to pray:

“Give us this day our daily bread” —Matthew 6:11

He wasn’t just talking about food or finances. He was revealing what’s essential for our existence.

And it’s Him.

All of the other things flow in peace from Him.

Blessed Are the Thirsty

This entire encounter at the well echoes something Jesus taught earlier in His ministry:

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” —Matthew 5:6

Notice—He didn’t say “Blessed are those who are righteous,” or “Blessed are those who look righteous,” or even “Blessed are those who once were righteous.”

He said hunger and thirst.

Why?

Because hunger keeps you moving.
Thirst keeps you seeking.
Desperation keeps you from settling for wells that cannot satisfy.

Matthew 5:6 confronts us with a truth:

It’s not enough to thirst.
The power is in what you thirst for.

If righteousness is not your appetite, something else will be.

Jesus doesn’t bless the self-sufficient. He blesses the desperate. He blesses the seekers. He blesses the ones who refuse to remain spiritually numb, spiritually passive, or spiritually full on substitutes.

And when your hunger is pointed in the right direction, He promises one thing:

You will be filled.

Not “might.”
Not “hopefully.”
Not “if you earn it.”

You will.

Drop the Jar

The Samaritan woman came empty.
She left overflowing.
She left delivered and healed.

What changed?

She allowed Jesus to confront the thing blocking the flow.

So let me ask you boldly:

What is hindering you from the well?

Don’t ask for Living Water while preserving those places.

Let Him tear down the blockage.
Let Him expose what you’re afraid to face.
Let Him cleanse the well.
Then drink.

It’s time to stop taking on the posture of a cockroach—creeping out only in the dark when everyone else is asleep.

Your appointment has already been scheduled. You just need to pull up.

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Prayer

Father,
In the name of Jesus, I come to the well willingly. No more hiding. No more pretending. No more drawing from stagnant places that cannot sustain me. Lord, confront my “Go call your husband” moments. Expose every hidden thing that has been blocking the flow of Living Water in my life. Break my attachment to the jars I’ve carried—the shame, the idols, the coping mechanisms, the sin, the bitterness, the relationships You never called me to.

Jesus, You are the Well.
You are the Bread of Life.
You are the daily portion my soul longs for. Give me this day our daily JESUS.

Tear down every place in me that seeks convenience instead of conversion.
Deliver me from the desire for miracles without surrender, relief without repentance, blessing without obedience.

Cleanse my well.
Confront my mind, will, and emotions with the truth.
Heal the root so the Living Water can finally flow.

Thank You for your strategic appointments, for holy interruptions, for the mercy that exposes, and the grace that restores.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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