John 4 - 3.11.26

Scripture: John 4:9-10

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

Observation

As I was reading John 4, this conversation caught my attention. The woman is talking about a drink of physical water and Jesus points out that if she knew him, she could ask for and receive so much more. And it made me wonder, how many times do we ask for small things when we serve a big God who has so much more in store for us? Then she continues to focus on the minutia - you don’t have anything to draw the water with, I want this (physical) water you speak of so I won’t have to return to the well everyday, we believe we should worship on this mountain instead of the one the Jews tell us to. Eventually Jesus makes her understand that he has more than water from the well to offer her - he will change her entire life. And then, because she believed, many more came to believe in Him.

Application

Sometimes we get so focused on the physical and the immediate that we forget that God wants so much more for us. We get caught up in the worries of today and we forget to ask God about His plan: What is He teaching us in this moment? What area does He want to grow us in? Where does He want to use us? What does He have in store for our future? We need to ask God to reveal Himself to us. We need to ask Him to use us for His plans and purposes. We serve a big God and we need to trust Him for big things.

Prayer

God, help me to become dissatisfied with a complacent life. I need more than a drink of water today - I need to be filled to overflowing with the living water so that it pours out on those around me. Thank You for the repeated reminders to put my focus on You instead of circumstances around me. Help me not to miss out on Your plans.

- Debbie Dunn