John 4:1-30
The Woman at the Well
What happens if I was a Samaritan woman, a woman rejected by the society, an outcast who was the lowest of the low approached by Jesus and being offered living water?
What would my reaction be?
I guess my reaction probably would be the same as the woman, who initially were ignorant about the message of Jesus.
Living water? What does it mean? What is so special about it?
Well, Jesus refers the living water to the Holy Spirit, who will fulfil the thirst of our inner soul and will last forever. "God's gift of living water produces a profound contentment with God and His ways of treating us, as well as immovable confidence in His wise and loving purpose in them. "
Jesus wants us to
1. know the gift of God
2.know Him
3.ask Him to fulfil our thirst
4.humbly receive it
What a compassionate thing for Jesus to approach the sinful Samaritan woman! He did not despise her but loved her so much by seeing her needs and offer His wonderful gift to the woman. Is the living water wonderful? Do I really believe it?
Is my heart dry? What type of soil am I? Do I water my soil?
When I turn my back on God, I feel dry, and fruits do not grow well. My behaviour, my attitute and thoughts start to go astray. I start to conform to the world, start to like darkness and reject light. When trials come along, I give up and my spirit start to go downwards. My plant do not grow and quickily choked out by thorns.
What happens if a plant is not watered?
Soil quickily dries up and plants do not grow. Water moistures the soil, and the Holy Spirit moistures the soil of our hearts and is the only way that can help the seeds in our hearts to grow and produce good fruits. If not, bad seeds will be planted which need not water and as a result bad fruits will be produced.
Do I praise Jesus for revealing my sins?
The woman did, she was excited to point everyone to Jesus who knew every bit of her life and had fulfilled her thirst and cleansed her sins.
My prayer for today is to ask God's living water flow in me and fulfil my inner most thirst, cleanse my hearts and make the soil of my heart fertile for God's seeds. I thank God for His living water and ask that God will increase my needs of Him, rely on Him more and always ask Him to water me with His precious overflowing living water.
The Woman at the Well
What happens if I was a Samaritan woman, a woman rejected by the society, an outcast who was the lowest of the low approached by Jesus and being offered living water?
What would my reaction be?
I guess my reaction probably would be the same as the woman, who initially were ignorant about the message of Jesus.
Living water? What does it mean? What is so special about it?
Well, Jesus refers the living water to the Holy Spirit, who will fulfil the thirst of our inner soul and will last forever. "God's gift of living water produces a profound contentment with God and His ways of treating us, as well as immovable confidence in His wise and loving purpose in them. "
Jesus wants us to
1. know the gift of God
2.know Him
3.ask Him to fulfil our thirst
4.humbly receive it
What a compassionate thing for Jesus to approach the sinful Samaritan woman! He did not despise her but loved her so much by seeing her needs and offer His wonderful gift to the woman. Is the living water wonderful? Do I really believe it?
Is my heart dry? What type of soil am I? Do I water my soil?
When I turn my back on God, I feel dry, and fruits do not grow well. My behaviour, my attitute and thoughts start to go astray. I start to conform to the world, start to like darkness and reject light. When trials come along, I give up and my spirit start to go downwards. My plant do not grow and quickily choked out by thorns.
What happens if a plant is not watered?
Soil quickily dries up and plants do not grow. Water moistures the soil, and the Holy Spirit moistures the soil of our hearts and is the only way that can help the seeds in our hearts to grow and produce good fruits. If not, bad seeds will be planted which need not water and as a result bad fruits will be produced.
Do I praise Jesus for revealing my sins?
The woman did, she was excited to point everyone to Jesus who knew every bit of her life and had fulfilled her thirst and cleansed her sins.
My prayer for today is to ask God's living water flow in me and fulfil my inner most thirst, cleanse my hearts and make the soil of my heart fertile for God's seeds. I thank God for His living water and ask that God will increase my needs of Him, rely on Him more and always ask Him to water me with His precious overflowing living water.
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