Jesus revealed Himself to this woman as the one who knew all about her, knew her every secret and her every relationship, knew all aspects of her life. He revealed to her (in fact, she was the first person to whom He ever revealed His true identity) that He was the promised Messiah. He revealed that He was both man (tired, thirsty) and God (could give “living water” that resulted in “eternal life”).
In other words, Jesus showed her, an immoral Samaritan woman, that He cared about her, that He had a gift for her, that He was for her.
And she wanted to get back into town and tell everyone about Him and invite them to come and meet Him and see for themselves who this person was.
In fact, she was in such a hurry that she “left her water jar” behind. The very thing she came out to the well to get, she just left behind. She must have been entirely consumed with telling people about Jesus to entirely forget about the water and to even leave the water pot with Jesus and go back to town.
But do you see something in this? Something of importance?
Remember, Jesus used “this water” as a picture of her wrong relationships, her immoral behavior. She had been continually thirsting for something more, something better, something that was missing, so she went from one man to the next to try to find it. Jesus said, “whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again” (John 4:13), which she had been proving by her own life.
And now she left the water pot behind, left it with Jesus, left it as if she didn’t even need it anymore. Of course, she would need to drink physical water again, but there is some reason why the Bible records that she left her water pot behind. Could it be because she had already started “drinking” of the “living water” by believing in Jesus, she understood the metaphor, and was making a point that she “got it”? She no longer would turn to that which did not quench her thirst, from now on she would find true satisfaction in Jesus? Could it be that by leaving her water pot with Jesus, this is like us leaving our sins with Jesus at the Cross?
And if this is true we have just learned something very important as it relates to media addiction, which is this: once we come to believe in Jesus, once we begin drinking from Him and experience how He quenches our thirst, fills our hearts with His Holy Spirit, puts joy and peace and true excitement for living in us, we will be able to leave media addiction behind just like this woman left her water pot.
Question 4. If you were to think of things that you would leave behind like the woman left her water pot, what would come to mind just now?
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Elisabeth writes, "The 'craving' for acceptance, constantly seeking satisfaction, thrill, energy. Worries."