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Tell someone about Jesus
'a Samaritan woman came to draw water' JOHN 4:7
John tells us that, 'When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, Will you give me a drink?' After five failed marriages her trust levels are demolished so she approaches Jesus cautiously. Brick by brick Jesus takes down the wall she's hiding behind. When He gets through, she leaves transformed. There are (at least!) two big lessons in this story for us today:
1) Christ sees potential in you when others don't. Jesus was forever winding up a bunch of religious people called 'The Pharisees...' who '...complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them"' (Luke 15:2 NKJV). They were right! That's exactly the category this woman fitted into and yet she was the first person Jesus introduced Himself to as the Messiah. Why didn't He do that when He called His 12 disciples, baptized John, cleansed the temple, performed His first miracle, or chatted to Nicodemus? Because Jesus doesn't measure you by your past, He measures you by your potential.
2) Christ will change you, then use you to change others. She didn't mess about, they very same day she went off and started sharing about Jesus. She was the first person to ever preach the gospel in town! And 'Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony...' (John 4:39 NIV). Why don't you take a leaf out of her book and tell someone about Jesus today?
written by Bob Gass
'a Samaritan woman came to draw water' JOHN 4:7
John tells us that, 'When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, Will you give me a drink?' After five failed marriages her trust levels are demolished so she approaches Jesus cautiously. Brick by brick Jesus takes down the wall she's hiding behind. When He gets through, she leaves transformed. There are (at least!) two big lessons in this story for us today:
1) Christ sees potential in you when others don't. Jesus was forever winding up a bunch of religious people called 'The Pharisees...' who '...complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them"' (Luke 15:2 NKJV). They were right! That's exactly the category this woman fitted into and yet she was the first person Jesus introduced Himself to as the Messiah. Why didn't He do that when He called His 12 disciples, baptized John, cleansed the temple, performed His first miracle, or chatted to Nicodemus? Because Jesus doesn't measure you by your past, He measures you by your potential.
2) Christ will change you, then use you to change others. She didn't mess about, they very same day she went off and started sharing about Jesus. She was the first person to ever preach the gospel in town! And 'Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony...' (John 4:39 NIV). Why don't you take a leaf out of her book and tell someone about Jesus today?
written by Bob Gass
