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where is LIVING WATER?

John 4:9-11
"9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto Him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast Thou that living water?"

We are studying water and THIRST for the Holy Scriptures. From the deer at the stream to the Israelites in the wilderness drinking water from a ROCK! To our current thread of a Samaritan woman encountering Jesus at Jacob's well. Jacob was the son of Issac. Jacob's name changed to Israel. His twelve sons that grow into the twelve tribes of Israel! The Jewish people!!

Jewish people of Galilee and Judea shunned the Samaritans, viewing them as a mixed race who practiced an impure, half-pagan religion. Their tribes have been fighting for generations. Everyone who needs water in this area would come here to the water well dug by their mutual forefather; Jacob. This Samaritan woman is shocked that Jesus would talk to her, much less ask for a drink of water! 

Today's verses; "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou KNEWEST the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have ASKED of Him, and He would have given thee LIVING WATER." This water is incomparably better than what you are drawing! Jesus is offering grace and FAITH from the Holy Ghost. Gifts that will refresh the soul of those who earnestly desires them, as water refreshes a thirsty person. 

"The woman saith unto him, Sir, Thou hast NOTHING to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast Thou that LIVING WATER?" She is skeptical and does not understand what Jesus is teaching her, YET...
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