I am He
John 4:15-26 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
Good Sunday morning! I don’t know about you, but if I miss church on Sunday, it does not just start my day wrong—my entire week is off kilter. Today is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, so we will either be in sync with others, or we will be late.
Yesterday we began looking at our scripture where Jesus confronted the woman at the well with truth. Oh, I wish I could have heard the words as they came from our Savior’s mouth. But I can tell you this—the words this woman heard were not spoken in anger, or derision, or condemnation. No, they were spoken in love. And when the truth is spoken in love, everything changes.
The woman came to the well in shame and despair, but she left the well with hope and joy. She immediately told others she had met the Messiah. Oh, what a model for each of us to follow.
May we today leave our burdens at the Savior’s feet, and may we share the good news 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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