Tuesday, April 30, 2025
Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life. John 4:13-14 CSB
Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They left the town and made their way to him. John 4:28-30 CSB
Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did…
A woman of Samaria came to Jacob’s well to draw water. With her reputation she felt much shame, and perhaps even ridiculed by others. For this reason, she went to the well when no one else would be there – the hottest part of the day. One day she went to the well just like she did every day, but something happened at the well that changed her whole life. Jesus was waiting for her. She didn’t expect to meet the Messiah that day, and she certainly didn’t expect him to ask her for a drink and engage her in conversation.
As Jesus talked to her she began to realize that he knew all the details of her broken life. She realized that he was the Messiah and was so excited that she ran off without even picking up her water bottle. She ran as fast as she could to the town to tell everyone about a man who told her everything she ever did. She knew he was the Messiah.
The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Jesus told her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.” v25-26
Why did Jesus do this? Because that is what Jesus does. He meets us right where we are and offers living water to a parched and thirsty soul. This is where Jesus changes lives. The well is where we go looking for something to save us, sustain us, fill us. If Jesus is not at the well we go to, then we will not get the living water He gives that changes lives and satisfies for eternity. If we go to a different well trying to find satisfaction, we will only find sand, again and again.
Here was a woman that everyone knew and likely identified her with her sin. But when she met Jesus, he changed her identity. He changed her character. Such a drastic change in a person is a powerful testimony. She knew people would likely not believe her, so she invited them to come and see for themselves. She wanted them to see and experience Jesus in the lifechanging way she had.
Come and see is all about sharing what Jesus has done in your life and in your heart and then inviting others to come and see what he is all about as well as how life in him looks. Her invitation to come and see resulted in many people going to Jesus to see for themselves who he was. It was her testimony that opened the door. It was her invitation that brought them, and, in the end, they saw for themselves and believed in Jesus as the Savior of the world.
Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. Many more believed because of what he said. And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, since we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world.” John 4:39-42 CSB
Take every opportunity to invite others to come and see the Jesus that has changed your life. Share your story and keep sharing as he continues to work in you. It could be your testimony and invitation that brings someone to belief in him.