Jesus snd the Samaritan Woman
John 4:4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
One thing I love about the scriptures is the way they feed me. I can enjoy a snack by reading the verse of the day offered in several Bible Apps. Or, I can sit down for a feast, digging deep into word studies or various themes.
The most important thing I know about the Word of God is this—if we are not transformed by the reading of the Word, then we are not doing it right! You see, when God shines His truth into our hearts, it not only illuminates the open spaces, but it also prevents us from hiding things under the floorboards.
The Samaritan woman Jesus encountered had been drawing water during the heat of the day for years—Why? She wanted to avoid meeting other women who could be very unkind about the woman’s lifestyle.
But Jesus did not shame her, instead, He presented her with the truth.
May we open our hearts and minds to the truth today, and may we share the story of salvation with all we meet.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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