“Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”(John 4:29 KJV).
I don’t know the name of the Samaritan woman that the Lord meant at the well, but she is one of my favorite people in the Bible. I also don’t know what happened to her after her encounter with Jesus, but I do believe that she went home that day and told the man that she was with to leave because someone else had stolen her heart.
Many times we judge people by their behavior instead of really taking a look at why they act the way that they do. The Samaritan woman must have heard some really awful things about herself to go to the well at a time when she knew that no one else would be there. Perhaps she didn’t want to be bothered with people and their options or perhaps she wanted to use that time to be alone.
This woman was known, but perhaps she suffered from the shame of only wanting to fill a void in her heart. We don’t know how the woman at the well grew up or how she felt emotionally, but Jesus loved her so much that He meant her when He knew that she was thirsty for more than regular water.
Have you ever been thirty for Jesus? Have you ever had a void that you knew nothing could fill but Him? That Samaritan women is all of us in some way. Sometimes we try to avoid people for various reasons and we all have done things in an attempt to try to the multiple voids that we have felt at some point in our lives.
What I love most about this woman is that she had a big mouth! This women received salvation and immediately ran, with Jesus in heart, to tell others about the love that had just filled her. This woman knew other broken people and told them about a man who could tell them everything about themselves The beauty of the after affect of the woman at the well’s encounter is that the people that she gained their own testimony in place of only believing based on what she had seen and felt. They meant and got to know Jesus for themselves.
If you ask me, I believe that the Samaritan woman took her deliverance and changed the world with it. After meeting Jesus this woman became equipped to defeat the demons that she fought silently and she brought others into the kingdom of God.
I wanna be a big month like this lady! Jesus came to see her! He saw her when she was hiding from the world. He saw who she was in Him and He talked to her without judgment. This is the Jesus that I love and serve. Jesus is waiting for you like He was waiting for this woman. His hand is held out and He wants to use you to turn the world upside down. This walk is worth it. Just hold on. This living water is worth it. Just keep going. God loves you so much! Don’t allow anyone or anything make you not believe that.
Lord, I wanna be a big mouth. I want to change the world for your glory and I want to tell others about Jesus. I want my salvation to speak so loudly that people want to find Jesus and begin to believe not only because of what you do through me but because of what they see you do for them. Lord, I pray for Holy boldness. Lord, give me your living water and let it flow to all the world for for your glory. In Jesus name I pray, Amen
Recommended Reading: John 4:1-42
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