‘Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did). So he left Judea and returned to Galilee. He had to go through Samaria on the way. Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? ‘ John 4:1-11(NLT)
‘I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, ‘ Philippians 3:10(NLT)
Sometimes you search within you and wonder how Jesus will do what He has promised. You act like the woman at the well who wondered how Jesus would get water from the well with nothing to draw with. “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?” (John 4:11).
You may think your circumstances are just a little too difficult for Jesus. Your marriage is close to divorce, your children have gone to the world, your business profit is going down, the diagnosis report doesn’t look good, most messages you get from family and friends are negative news. Let me encourage you. Trust in the Lord and lean not on your own understanding, for He’s able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you think or ask.
When you meet Jesus He tells you secrets about yourself, your health, your relationship, your family that no one ever will know and sets you free from it’s bondages.
If Jesus really wanted to get water from the well He would have commanded the water to rise to His level but that was not the case. The woman met Jesus but she didn’t know Him. It is one thing to know about Jesus and another thing to know Him personally. Paul said, ” that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death” Phil 3:10
Let me encourage you today, set your eyes on meeting and knowing Jesus through prayer and His word. He’s alive and ready to meet anyone.
from When You Meet Jesus Richard Owusu Bediako