John 4: 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
Jesus is Messiah: " Anointed; The expected King and deliverer of the Jews; a person who is expected to save people from a very bad situation."* This woman represents many (and in a sense) all people in the world. They were (and are) in a very bad situation: they are blocked from a meaningful relationship with God. She expressed what is deep in the heart of man: a desire to know the true and living God. She rightly realized that the Messiah was needed to deliver her (and by her use of the pronoun "we", all her people) so that true worship would be possible. Jesus was exactly what they were looking for and needed, and there He was, talking with her. Because of what He then did through His death, burial, resurrection and ascension we too can have this talk with Him, and get to know the true and living God.
*(Diann Cotton, 100 Days with Jesus)
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