Today's study John Chapter 4 Verse 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” Study guide. Drinking and thirst are symbolic of God’s supply and man’s spiritual need. Drinking is an action, but an action of receiving – like faith, it is doing something, but it is not a merit-earning work in itself. The effect of this symbolic water does much more than simply satisfy the thirst (life, purpose, salivation) of the one who drinks it. It also creates something good, something life-giving in the heart