You can’t fill what’s already full.
Jesus didn’t force the Samaritan woman to abandon her past, but He made it clear that the life she truly needed couldn’t be found where she’d been searching. In the same way, drinking the living water begins with a decision: to stop going back to what doesn’t satisfy. That might mean walking away from sinful habits that once comforted us, reevaluating who we allow to influence us or being honest about the areas of Scripture we cherry-pick to follow and discarding the rest.
This isn’t about having it all figured out. It’s about creating space for the Holy Spirit to move and nurture existing faith. Living water doesn’t pour into perfection — Jesus already achieved that — it flows into surrender.
When we stop drinking the dead water, even imperfectly, we open ourselves to something far better: a deeper faith, a stronger relationship with God and a life shaped by His presence instead of endless thirst.