Woman at the Well - Part 7

The woman said, “I know that Messiah... is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.”

No sooner does Jesus reveal His identity to the woman than the disciples return. One can imagine the disciples assessing the situation as they walk up to Jesus, looking back and forth between Him and the woman. The gospel records that they are “surprised” that he has been talking with her. (Which is kind of remarkable, really, when you consider that they have seen Jesus talking with tax collectors, the blind, lepers.)

For the woman, the conversation is over. Yet this is clearly not an ending for her. She leaves the well without her water, without her jug. She leaves transformed. She came alone. She leaves calling out for others. She came an outcast. She leaves with a desire to draw others to Christ. She came in shame and condemnation. She leaves with confidence. She came for water, she left with living water. She met the giver, understood the gift, and left filled with a spring of water welling up to eternal life.