27th February 2026

27th February 2026


Pray (ACts)


Read (John 4:1-15 focus v11-15)


Message (Alan Burke)


We have a sand pit that sits round the back of the house and it’s on my todo list to sort out. What happened is that during a windy night a while back the lid mysteriously disappeared, like someone had come and nicked it, there was a thief someone lurking about during the night to see what they could take lift. Obviously it was the wind and it’s probably been blown somewhere that in years to come people will wonder where that came from. I’ve had to go into the golf corse opposite the Manse on a few occasion to lift stuff that seems to have landed there after the wains forgot to put it away. Back to the sandpit before you get an essay on stuff that is nothing to do with the point I’m trying to make, well the sand pit without having a lid is filled with water, it’s green, smelly, it’s got bits growing in it and I think I’ll bottle it and you can have a big quenching drink. Maybe not. 


Water is important especially in the kind of climate this Samaritan woman lived. She has been asked by Jesus for a drink of water and he has tried to take her speak to her of spiritual truths, offering her living water. The thing is to her living water would have been the like of the water from the well where they were beside, living water being the opposite of stagnant water. Jesus though wasn’t talking about water the comes from the tap, or flows in streams or rivers, or comes from springs, instead he was talking about the living water is that of eternal life.


Here it is clear that the woman had not understood. Just like with the temple authorities and with Nicodemus. This Samaritan woman had not understood that the living water Jesus offered her was the fountain of living water, the well of salvation, all who drink of him have eternal life that comes from God alone. She knew that there was no other sources of living water where she was, there were no other wells. And as a result she makes the point that Jesus had nothing to draw water with and the well is deep, today it is over 100ft deep. Her question to Jesus but asks where can you get this water, her question is where can I get this living, fresh water. 


She had misunderstood, she did not understand the one whom had asked here the question, he supposes all who came before him. But Jesus was not offering water from a well or a spring, he was offering the water of eternal life, offering her to drink of the fountain of living water, the well of salvation, all who drink of him have eternal life that comes from God alone. This water is a spring that wells up to eternal life. It is a spring that meets our thirst in this life, a thirst that everyone has but they try to fill with things that can never bring satisfaction. Are you looking to fulfil the thirst that you have with the things of this world, looking for satisfaction in possession, money, relationships, alcohol, food, you will never find true satisfaction in those things, you can only find it in Christ. 


Pray (acTS)


Sing


WSC
Q2 What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
A. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
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