Water Wey Get Life

Afternoon. Sun dey for top, and e hot. One woman waka go one well, with empty jar for her shoulder. And one stranger sit down for di edge of di well, one Jewish man, wey look up and ask am for water to drink.

Jesus dey travel go north from Judea to Galilee, and di road pass through Samaria. Near one town wey dem dey call Sychar, one famous well dey there, di one wey people talk say Jacob himself dig long time ago. E be like twelve o'clock for afternoon. Jesus don tire from di journey, so e sit down near di well, while im disciples go inside town go buy food. Then one Samaritan woman come draw water. Abeg, you go give me water drink? Jesus ask. She look am well. You be Jew, and I be Samaritan woman. How you go ask me for water? Jews and Samaritans no dey share cup. Most times, dem no dey share anything at all.

If you know di gift of God, Jesus talk, and who dey ask you for water, na you for ask am, and e for give you water wey get life. She point to di well. Sir, you no get anything to draw water with, and di well deep. Where you go get dis water wey get life? You big pass our father Jacob, wey give us dis well? Jesus answer, Everybody wey drink dis water go thirst again. But whoever drink di water wey I go give, e no go ever thirst. E go become spring of water inside am, wey go dey rise up reach eternal life. Sir, she talk, give me dis water, so dat I no go thirst again, and I no go dey come here every time.

Go call your husband, Jesus talk. I no get husband, she answer. You talk true, Jesus talk. You don get five husbands, and di man wey you get now no be your husband. John no tell us her story. Maybe her husband die, or dem divorce am, or di two; for her world, na men dey usually fit end marriage. Preachers don imagine plenty things about am. Wetin we know be say Jesus know everything, and still e dey talk with am. Sir, she talk, I see say you be prophet.

So she ask di big question wey dey divide dem two peoples. Our fathers worship for dis mountain, but una Jews dey talk say na Jerusalem be di place to worship. Jesus tell am say time dey come, and e don already reach, when true worshippers go worship di Father for spirit and for truth. God na Spirit, e talk. She answer, I know say di Messiah dey come. When e come, e go explain everything to us. And Jesus talk, Na me be am. Di One wey dey talk to you.

Dat same time, di disciples come back, and dem surprise to see am dey talk with woman, but nobody get mind to ask why. Di woman leave her water jar there and run go town. Come see one man wey tell me everything wey I don ever do! E fit be di Messiah? And di people begin pour comot across di fields. Jesus stay with dem for two days. Plenty of dem believe because of wetin she tell dem, and many more believe when dem hear am with dem own ears. Now we know, dem tell am, dis one na truly di Saviour of di world.

When di woman talk say dis mountain, she mean Mount Gerizim, wey stand high over di well. Di Samaritans once get dem own temple for di top of am. According to di Jewish historian Josephus, one Jewish ruler wey dem dey call John Hyrcanus destroy am more than one hundred years before dem born Jesus. So when she raise di question of where to worship, she dey touch one old wound wey still dey pain between Jews and Samaritans, as she stand almost under di shadow of di same mountain where e happen.

Water Wey Get Life. You go find am for John chapter four, verse one to forty-two. She come for water, and she go back house with news, and na she bring her whole town come meet Jesus. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Wetin dey make you thirst wey na only God fit satisfy?