She came in the hear of the day to the town to get water. A woman who didn't want to be seen would come in the heat of the day to draw water. And Jesus was not a mirage but an oasis of water in this woman's life. For each date palm tree requires 120 inches of rainfall each year. Yet the desert averages a lot less water.
Water is supplied to an oasis through underground streams of water.
Hidden, silent water, can travel for hundreds of miles, emerging to create an oasis in the desert. In our own spiritual lives, there won't always be visible streams of water and abundant rainfall. But there will be oasises fed by invisible streams of water. Maybe at this time in your life, you cannot imagine being like a well-watered garden, but it is possible. Get connected and stay connected to the source, the supply of the never ending water.