No one is barred from the love of God and the good news of salvation. There is only one thing that can keep us from God and his redeeming love our stubborn pride and wilful rebellion. Water in the arid land was scarce. Jacob s well was located in a strategic fork of the road between Samaria and Galilee. One can live without food for several days, but not without water.
Water is a source of life and growth for all living things.
When rain came to the desert, the water transformed the wasteland into a fertile field. The kind of water which Jesus spoke about was living, running water. Fresh water from a cool running stream was always preferred to the still water one might find in a pond or well. Living water was also a symbol for the Jew of thirst of the soul for God. The water which Jesus spoke of symbolized the Holy Spirit and his work of recreating us in God s image and sustaining in us the new life which comes from God.