What was she thinking as she hurried to the well with her
water pot? Maybe it was a small bit of
time that was hers alone. Perhaps it was
just another chore added to the drudgery of her life. The day was heating up as she stopped to wipe
her brow. She knew the 6th
hour of the day was not the best time to draw water but hopefully, everyone
else would be busy preparing the noonday meal.
She didn’t want to face the cold stares, the disdain that darkened the
eyes of the other women or hear the thinly veiled whispers. This wasn’t the life she had signed up for;
it wasn’t the life of her childhood dreams; life was to be endured. Someday it would all be over but for now
there was water to draw. As she stooped
to pick up her pot, she spied someone sitting by the well. Just her luck, she would not even get to be alone. And even worse, it was a man she would have to
contend with. But this wasn’t just any
mundane day in her life. This would be a
day like no other she had ever or would ever experience again. This would be her moment at the well.
In God’s universe, nothing just happens, it wasn’t just “by
chance,” there are no coincidence; in the plan of God, everything is
intentional. John 4 tells the story of
the intentional encounter at the well.
The story begins in verse 4, “But He needed to go
through Samaria.” This was not the normal route a Jew would
travel from Judea to Galilee. The Jews
hated the Samaritans and went miles out of their way to avoid traveling through
their town; but not Jesus. Oh no, He
intentionally cut right through Samaria where he knew he would find that exact
well and arrive at the exact time to fill an outcast woman with joy and hope.
Our stories are not so different, we may
not be a societal outcast but we all experience the loneliness, at times, of
not being included in the inner circle.
Maybe we haven’t committed any great sins but we have allowed the
burdens of life to keep us from experiencing the abundant blessing of God. Perhaps it is just the mundane routine of
life that is depressing your joy and you know there has to be more. IT IS TIME FOR A TRIP TO THE WELL!!! I know it may not be the best time right now,
you may be in the heat of the battle or the midst of a fierce storm, but the
pot is empty and IT IS TIME FOR A TRIP TO THE WELL!!! This could be the day that Jesus says, “I
must go through….because there is a woman; a man that is just waiting for a
drink of Living Water.”
This could be YOUR day. Pick up the pot, wipe your brow, and start walking toward the well. Jesus is waiting to fill you with cool, refreshing living water. IT IS TIME FOR A TRIP TO THE WELL!!!
This could be YOUR day. Pick up the pot, wipe your brow, and start walking toward the well. Jesus is waiting to fill you with cool, refreshing living water. IT IS TIME FOR A TRIP TO THE WELL!!!
