I love the story of the woman at the well in John 4:1-42 I'm reading through John, and the other day while I was reading this story, something popped out that I had never really paid attention to before. First let's look at the coolness (yes, that is a word) of Jesus in this story. First of all Jesus was a Jew...and if you didn't know Jews and Samaritans weren't the best of friends. In fact they hated each other! Yet He was talking to her?Second! She was a woman, He was a man. Normally random women and men didn't carry on in depth conversations like this one. Thirdly, He met her right where she was at. He loved her even though she was living in sin. He came to where she was so that she may have a new life through this "living water" He was talking to her about! This woman recognized and accepted that Jesus was the Messiah and ran and told everyone about what Jesus had done for her! This is the part that I love...
39 "Many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony..."
How amazing is that?! Because of her testimony, because she went to her friends, family and town and shared what Jesus had done for her, many people from Samaria believed in Jesus! Wow! Don't you want that to be said of you? That because you went and shared what Jesus has done for you, many people have believed. What a sweet, kind, patient, loving, and faithful Savior we have that He came and met us where we were at, just like He did with the woman at the well that day, so that we might have salvation in Him.
If that isn't something worth living a joyous life over I don't know what is :D
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