Jesus and the Woman at the Well

People of Hope Part 18: The Samaritan Woman
Monday Devotions@ Work 10 August 2020

Since we are celebrating Woman’s day this week, I decided to share a movie.  The movie is about the Samaritan woman that met Jesus at the well of Jacob.  Jesus travelled there purposefully, while most Rabbi’s and Jews would travel around Samaria rather than through it.     He travelled there because He had a divine appointment with the Samaritan woman at the well.  She would be there in midday because she was not willing to go with the other woman to the well anymore.  She was of questionable reputation and probably did not have much hope anymore, and yet Jesus breaks every convention of the day to meet with her and bring change and reconciliation to her and her people. 

We can read about this in John 4:1-26 (NKJ).  It is to this woman that He offers to give living water, teach her to worship in spirit and truth, and reveals himself as the Messiah:

" ...but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.  But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”   23 ...But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”  25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”  26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

We can say that Jesus truly went 'out-of-His-way' to meet with the Samaritan woman, and off course this was not co-incidental.  The Samaritans was descendants of both Hebrew and gentile nations.  Therefore in this one meeting He reveals himself as Messiah to the whole world.  In this one meeting you and I are represented - and in this one meeting, He shows us that God is Spirit and that we need to worship Him in spirit and in truth, and that His Spirit will become a Well of Living Water unto everlasting life, springing up inside of us. 

 Let us take some time today to go with the Samaritan woman to meet Jesus at this well.  

 (There are first some announcements from the producers - the movie starts about 11:15 into the video.  If you are on a phone you might have to click on the 'web version' option at the bottom of the page to be able to see the movie)

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