Woman at the Well SERIES: Picture the Scene

"Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well” (John 4:6)—that is, in a thoroughly exhausted condition, He sat down as if He could go no further, could do no more, and there it was that the Samaritan woman found Him. How perfectly human all this proves our Lord to have been!

Because He was perfectly and supremely God, His Godhead did not take away from Him His power to suffer and to be wearied. 

He was quite worn out, and thoroughly weary, and so, while they

went into Sychar to purchase provisions, He sat down on the well. 

When our Lord was in the wilderness forty days, He hungered. 

Why did He not turn the stones into bread? He certainly could have done so, but to do so was evidently quite out of order with Him who had come to be a servant, and to suffer as a man, the devil tempted Him to do it, which proves to us that it would have been wrong for Christ to do it.

Oh, I never imagined how strong Christ was till I saw His love hold back His deity! 

PAINT A PICTURE, 

and that picture is the portrait of a wearied Savior, a Savior wearied by you, worn out by you, wearied, not with His journey, but wearied with your sin.... the Lord has said it in Isaiah, “Thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.” 

You have wearied Christ by doing wrong, and doing it again and again, and sinning against conscience and against light.

Now I want you to  

STUDY THAT PICTURE 

of the wearied Christ.

I like the picture so, it seems to comfort me as I look at it, for albeit that He is very weary, yet I perceive that He is waiting. The woman will be here soon, Jesus is very weary, but He still waits on. Sinner, that is just the attitude of my Lord towards you.

Now I want to 

ALTER THE PICTURE ON THE CANVAS

A woman must be put into the picture now, Mr. Painter.
There she is, and the Master is saying to her, “Give me a drink.” (John 4:7). 

Oh, to think that you and I can give satisfaction to the heart of Christ for all the anguish that He bore when He poured out His soul unto death!"

Charles Spurgeon