Deep in my heart I feel that the Holy Spirit is about to guide us as His people to the deep water of the Heavenly Father, which is like water from a well.

The Readiness to Draw Close to the Well

When we are ready for the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth (see John 16:13-15), we draw near to the well of the LORD, which carries His deep waters for this time.
In this place we will most likely experience resistance from the enemy's camp, who wants to stop us tasting the truth of the Father in order to be able to see and discern correctly in the spirit realm (see Genesis 26:17-22 i.c.w. Psalm 34:9a).

Psalm 34,8a:
8a Taste and see that the Lord is good…

Genesis 26:17-22:
17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
20 But the herders of Gerar quarrelled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
21 Then they dug another well, but they quarrelled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarrelled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

The Prevailing Resistance at the Well

When we are led by the Holy Spirit to the deep living waters of the Father as Isaac and his servants were led, we can expect to experience resistance from other people (see Ezekiel 10:5) who want to dispute our experience and words which we received through the LORD, because of envy, malevolence and jealousy (see Genesis 26:18-22).
The reason is a wrong heart attitude which is equal to a thieving mindset, and these people do not understand the way or procedure into intimate fellowship with the Heavenly Father (see Jeremiah 23:30).

Jeremiah 23:30:
30 “Therefore,” declares the LORD “I am against the prophets (note: false prophets) who steal from one another words supposedly from me. ..."

Jesus' Advice to the Gentiles

To taste the deep water of the Heavenly Father, which produces a correct view and mindset, Jesus showed us as gentile believers in Christ a certain approach which we can find in His conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob (see John 4:6-42).

Jesus Alone at the Well

Jesus first appears alone at the well of Jacob because His disciples had gone shopping; this enabled Him to have a personal encounter with the Samaritan (note: means “belonging to the watchman” = the prophetic people of God) woman. It was a heartfelt matter for Jesus to lead this woman into intimate fellowship with His Heavenly Father (see John 4:6-8).

John 4:6-8:
6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

The First Vital Step

Jesus instructed the Samaritan woman in the first vital step of how to come close to the Heavenly Father by showing her the importance of being willing to serve Him as the fountain of life first (see John 4:7.10).

John 4:7.10:
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” …
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

The Word of Knowledge

While Jesus explained the result of her serving Him, i.e. to receive living water, He continued the conversation and prophetically ministered the word of knowledge to her by telling her about her five husbands and man number six, who was not her husband (see John 4:10.15-18).

John 4:10.15-18:
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”  …
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.
18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

The “Seventh Man”

This means the Samaritan woman was someone who longed for true love and acceptance which men could not give her.
Jesus however, now sat at the well as “the seventh man – the true lover of her soul” and proceeded to reveal to her the secret of the true love of the Heavenly Father, which is the love guiding to the true Bridegroom and the true Father (see John 3:16 i.c.w. John 6:44; John 14:6).

John 3:16:
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 6:44:
44 “No one can come to me (note: Jesus Christ) unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.

John 14:6:
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The Power of True Love and Devotion

True love and devotion result in the presence of real unity, so that we gain access to the deep water of the Heavenly Father, which is connected to His resurrection power, similar to the way Jacob met his first love Rachel (see Genesis 29:1-10 i.c.w. Mark 16:2-5).

Genesis 29:1-10:
1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. 2 There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.
3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
4 Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.
5 He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.
6 Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?” “Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
7 “Look,” he said, “the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
8 “We can’t,” they replied, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.
10 When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

Mark 16:2-5:
2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

This true love and devotion towards Jesus Christ as our bridegroom accelerates our time and we receive sudden access to the depths of the Heavenly Father so we can see and taste Him in a new way.

The Renewing of the Mind Regarding Worship

Going back to the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, who had already taken the second step in the process of getting closer to the love of the Heavenly father (note: step 1: perception of Jesus as the well of living water; step 2: perception of Jesus as the true lover/bridegroom of her soul), Jesus began to renew her thoughts regarding the practise of worship by telling her, that she wasn't really aware of whom or what she worshipped (see John 4:20-24).

John 4:20-24:
20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain (note: Garizim- this was the mountain on which the six tribes of Israel declared the blessing of God for the people of Israel in Moses' time; see Deuteronomy 27:12), but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

The Higher Way of Worship

Many of us as part of God's people are familiar with the prophetic being of the LORD and the power of His witness (note: Samaria means “belonging to the watchman”), which is the spirit of prophecy (see Revelation 19:10e).

Revelation 19:10e:
10e For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”

Some people worship God because they want to be blessed (note: Mountain of Garizim; see Deuteronomy 11:29 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 27:12),which in itself is not wrong – but true worship is not a tool to obtain blessing for oneself but to bless the Heavenly Father.
To bless the Father means a higher path that involves worship as a way to express our love towards Him.
This is the higher pathway guiding us directly into the heavenly nature of the Father, which is true love (see 1 Corinthians 12:31b).

1 Corinthians 12:31b:
31b And yet I will show you the most excellent (note: higher) way.

Hidden Love and Grace in the Old Testament

As gentile believers in Christ we occasionally react defensive regarding the secrets connected to the people of Israel written in the Old Testament. 
We start arguing dismissively that the Old Testament was the time of the law, and we are not aware that the Heavenly Father already revealed His grace and love, which is Jesus, in it in a hidden way.
In the past many mistakes have been made regarding this issue so that the gentile believers in Christ felt obliged to keep biblical times and feasts in their own strength; but God never meant it to be this way (note: God has given us freedom and grace to celebrate His set times; see 2 Corinthians 3:17).
By the statement of the Samaritan woman at the well we can see that she also felt obliged to worship like the Jewish people, as she told Jesus she had to worship in Jerusalem (see John 4:20).

John 4:20:
20 Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

In answer to her “have-to-statement” Jesus however replied with a higher way of worship, which wasn't tied to a specific place, when you move as bride in the love relationship with Him in the Heavenly Father and His love (see John 4:23-24).

John 4:23-24:
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Being in Jerusalem

From God's point of view, to be in Jerusalem means to be the bride of His son Jesus, so He can shine in us and we can move as lovers of God (note: priests) in the Heavenly Father (see Revelation  21:22-23).

Revelation 21:2.9b-10.22-23:
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.  …
… 9b “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

From this heavenly relationship in Him we are able to suddenly experience the power of the eternal plans, because the temporary light bows in reverence before the light of eternity.
The time of eternity is the time frame, which bears acceleration (see Revelation 21:23).

Our Heart Determines the Way We Worship

The statement of Jesus who spoke about the time that was to come and is here already, namely where the Father will be worshipped, is valid until today (see John 4:23).
 
John 4:23:
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.

How we view true worship and what it really means is ultimately depending on our hearts.
If we only go up to the mountain to obtain a blessing, we belong to the category of people who wait for the worship of the Father to start, although having the possibility in our time to actively enter into worshipping the Father.

The Renewed Mind

The Samaritan woman answered the call of Jesus to renew her mind; therefore she discovered the secret of true worship and became voice for the bride who led the people to the bridegroom so that they in turn were able to grab hold of the Father's love (see John 4:28-30.39.40-41 i.c.w. Revelation 22:17; Revelation 21:5-7).

John 4:28-30.39.41-42:
28  Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.  …
39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”  …
41 And because of his  (note: Jesus') words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world.”

Revelation 22:17:
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

Revelation 21:5-7:
5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.

Amen and Amen.

In His Wisdom,

Daniel Glimm

Übersetzung: Margit Kelly