When Christ is speaking to the samaritan woman at the well he tells her something that I think is fascinating. In John 4:14 he says, "the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." Particularly I am interested what he means when he says that the well will be "in him." This may be an oversimplification some, but to me that sounds like after somebody has had the water Christ gives they start to have their own well inside of them. Now I don't know a lot about wells, but my current understanding is they are pretty deep and long term, so if Christ is saying that we will have our own well inside of us that might mean some interesting things. I think one first implication might be concerning testimony- that after we ourselves have drunk we can then offer Christ's living water to others. Also I believe that with His gospel Christ is trying to help us become self sustaining Gods ourselves, (sorry, for jumping a little bit into the unknown here) and when the eternal principles that are in his water are deep inside of us then we our able to plant our own gardens with our "everlasting life."
Another possible interpretation could maybe be that once we have really drunk the water that Christ gives then we will never want to stop (which means continually feasting on Christ's words) and so the constant inflow of water is basically like a well.
Regardless of what the exact meaning of having our own well inside of us might be I think there is a clear meaning that we first need to come, ask, and then drink the water that Christ is offering us. I hope to do this more this week by pondering what it means to prepare to take the sacrament.
Another possible interpretation could maybe be that once we have really drunk the water that Christ gives then we will never want to stop (which means continually feasting on Christ's words) and so the constant inflow of water is basically like a well.
Regardless of what the exact meaning of having our own well inside of us might be I think there is a clear meaning that we first need to come, ask, and then drink the water that Christ is offering us. I hope to do this more this week by pondering what it means to prepare to take the sacrament.