Wednesday, January 15, 2020
The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water,
so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw. He said to her, Go,
call your husband and come here. The woman answered and said, I have no
husband. Jesus said to her, You have correctly said, I have no husband; for you
have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this
you have said truly. The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that You are a
prophet. John 4:15-19
How Jesus Changed the Woman At The Well and How He Changes Us
In yesterday’s devotional, we talked about how
Jesus met a woman at a well and changed her life. But to change her life, He first had to get
real and honest with her about her life.
When Jesus meets us in our sin, He doesn’t leave us there because he cares
about us. Until we examine our lives,
and are honest about our sin, we cannot be changed. The Holy Spirit gently
convicts us where we are so that Jesus can come into our hearts and change us
forever.
When Jesus met the woman at the well, He shows her she had a ...
SELF PROBLEM
... she was avoiding the truth about herself. We
all have this problem, don’t we? We like
to tell ourselves that we are ok, or we deserve this or that, or that what we
are doing is not so bad. We like to sugar
coat the truth about ourselves. Sometimes, well meaning loved ones and friends
will also
SIN PROBLEM
... she was in a lifestyle of sin. She
was convicted or embarrassed somewhat of her lifestyle, that is why she came to
the well when no one else was there – the hottest part of the day. Hiding it
from the rest of the world will not make it ok.
Nothing is hidden from God. Sin is sin, and not even coming to the well
at the hottest part of the day will hide it from God. He is always there waiting if we are willing
to hear Him and accept His offer.
BELIEF PROBLEM
... where she worshipped was more important than the one she worshipped. Religion can get in the way of
spirituality. Many people confuse church
attendance or involvement with a relationship with Jesus.
Jesus does not condemn this woman. He caused her to face the truth about her life
and reached out to show her that she needed a drink of the living water that
only He could give her. He does not
condemn us either. We have to be honest
with ourselves and with Jesus in confessing our sins, asking for forgiveness. We
have to realize the habits of sinful behavior we have in our lives and change
that behavior if we want the living water He offers. He waits, He exposes our sin in truth and the
Holy Spirit convicts us. He offers us
Living Water and when we accept His gift, He opens the wellspring of eternal
life through Him.
The woman said to Him, "I know that
Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will
declare all things to us." Jesus *said to her, "I who speak to you am
He." John 4:25-26
