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The Resting Place PodcastAuthor: Pastor Devin Mitchem
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Gospel of John - Week 5: The Well of Life
Tuesday, 8 September, 2026
What does it mean to truly encounter Jesus, not just know about him? In John chapter 4, the story of the woman at the well unfolds as one of the most layered and personal encounters in all of Scripture. This woman arrives at Jacob's well at noon, an unusual hour that quietly signals her social isolation, and she meets a man who has no bucket and yet offers her living water. The well itself becomes a powerful symbol of every human system we construct to draw life, meaning, and satisfaction from the world around us. We bring our buckets, our strategies, our plans, and our routines, working hard to pull up from the depths what we believe we need. But Jesus reframes the entire picture. The source, he tells her, is not below and external. It is something that springs upward from within, freely given, requiring no bucket and no human effort. The story moves through four distinct scenes that mirror our own spiritual journeys: introduction, contemplation, submission and repentance, and finally duplication. Each stage is deeply relevant to where we find ourselves today. Some of us have been introduced to Jesus but are still weighing the cost. Others have submitted but have never moved into the transformative work of sharing what we have found. This encounter at the well is an invitation to examine which stage we are in and to take the next step forward, leaving our own water jars behind.Support the show
