Jesus answered,

"If you knew the gift of God,

and who is saying to you, 'Give me a drink',

you would ask him,

and he would give you living water."

"Sir,"

said the woman,

"you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep.

So where do you get this 'living water'? 

You aren't greater than our father Jacob, are you? 

He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock."

John 4:10-12 CSB

What great questions!

She's asking what I ask sometimes.

I don't get it.

This is how the world is, this is what I know, what I've been told is true, and you're saying something different? 

Something more?

And who are you anyway?

This convo is here to let us know that it's OK to ask Jesus questions. 

It's OK not to get everything.

It's OK that when Jesus is talking about a greater spiritual reality that we just can't see right now, it's OK to tell him that. 

It's OK not to 'get' Jesus. 

It's OK to try and understand Jesus in the context of what we know.

It's OK not to know what 'living water' is and how to get it. 

It's OK not to know.

It's OK to ask.

To not just take Jesus words at face value but look for the deeper meaning. What, or who, they point to.

One day we'll be able to thank this person who met Jesus that day for being so honest with Jesus, and with us.

#gospelofJohn

#itsOKtohavequestions