The Jews
didn’t like the Samaritans; they were considered impure.
God
totally hated them! Of that they were very sure.
So it was
really quite a shock when on the way from Galilee
Jesus
walked through Samaria, the reason we soon shall see.
Our Lord
stopped at Jacob’s well about noon on that fateful day.
The
disciples went to purchase food but Jesus decided to stay.
As he sat
there he saw the woman with whom He wanted to speak.
He, a
Jew, asked her for water, the setting tense with mystique.
“Why sir, do you, a Jew, ask me
for a drink so cool?
We are hated by the Jews, treated
by them as fools.”
Jesus
answered and said to her, “If you knew
the gift and giver
You could receive Living Water
flowing in you like a river.”
“I would like this well God gives.
What qualifies you to provide it?
Are you greater than Father Jacob
who dug it and lived beside it?”
Jesus
answered and said to her, “This well can thirst
subside,
But the Living Water the Father
gives springs up like a fountain inside.”
“Whoever receives this Living
Water will never thirst again;
It speaks of the Holy Spirit of
God and life that will never end.”
The woman
said, “May I have it? What a blessing
that would be!”
Jesus
replied, “Go get your husband, so he too
can see.”
“I have no husband,” the woman said, and she answered
true.
“You have had five” Jesus replied, “the sixth is not married to you.”
“Sir, I see that you are a
prophet, may I ask you a question true?
Samaritans worship on Mt. Gerizim.
What do you think I should do?”
“The hour is coming,” Jesus said, “when that will not be the question.
Worshipping God in Spirit and
Truth will be the proper expression.”
God is Spirit and those who
worship will not offer a Passover lamb,
For the One who comes to be
sacrificed is Himself the great “I AM.”
She then
said, “A Messiah will come to care for all
the righteous.
He will teach us what we don’t
know and perhaps deliver the lifeless.
What a glorious day that will be
when the Messiah we see!
Looking
deeply into her soul, Jesus said, “I am
He.”
The woman
with her water pot left with her joy renewed
Inviting
all to meet this man of astonishing magnitude.
The
disciples returned and urged him to eat failing to get his mood.
He was at
peace for such ministry was greater to him than food.
“My food is to do the will of the
Father, the One who sent me to earth.
Look around, the harvest is ripe for
souls to experience new birth.”
There is still
time to gather the harvest before the season expires.
Proclaiming
the truth and winning the lost is truly my greatest desire!
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