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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  A “WELL” PLANNED MOMENT

God has appointed times and moments that divine intervention is necessary. God is the master of perfect timing. He knows the heart of a person and what they need at any given moment. I can think of many times that God has showed up and surprised me with just the right verse, song or his still small voice that gave me the encouragement I needed.

Today I want to talk to you about a meeting at a well. Jesus is all about well-planned moments. But when he met the Samaritan woman at a well in the middle of the day it was perfect timing. I am sure it made her nervous to be seen with Jesus. The custom of that day was that a man and a woman couldn’t be alone together without a chaperone unless they were related or married. Jews and Samaritans didn’t get along very well so there was tension there also.

What would the people of the village have said to Jesus about this woman? What type of things would they have spewed with judgment about her? They would have surely warned him that being seen with her would ruin his reputation. If anyone would have warned him, he wouldn’t have listened. He was there not to be affected by her. He was there to change her life.

She had a reputation and the other women treated her badly. Giving her looks and talking about her. Normally the woman of the house would gather water early, at day break before it got hot. But this woman came in the middle of the day to avoid the looks and comments.

Jesus told her at one point to go get her husband and come back and he would explain to her how he could give her living water. She said she didn’t have a husband. Jesus said to her that she was telling the truth because she had been married five times and the one she was currently living with was not her husband.

Jesus knew her pain and rejection. He understood the dry well of her soul that desperately needed to be filled with living water. The word doesn’t say the reason for her many marriages. Did her husband’s die or reject her and throw her out of the house to make it the best way she could. But with that many failed attempts at marriage she had a lot of emotional scars. Marriage then was different than today. Women’s survival depended on their husband or father. Even a widow needed provision left by her husband. Jesus understood the deep reasons for her choices and was there to show her a better way.

He revealed to her that he was the messiah, she was so excited she ran to the village and told everyone, come see a man that told me everything I ever done. In all of her relationships she was missing something. Her soul longed for acceptance and to be loved. Jesus’ act of compassion changed her for the rest of her life. That was a well-planned moment.

What well are you drawing at, a well of never being satisfied? A well of self-doubt, fear or anxiety? Does your life currently have some rough edges that others judge you for even today?

Come see a man that has living water. You can draw from his well of salvation, grace and love.

We must meet people where they are and pray that God gives us the right words to say that will change their lives and future. If we pray every day for a well-planned moment, God will open doors of opportunity for us to share the story of a man that has living water. A man that can change their lives. We just need to be excited enough about what he has done for us that we are like the Samaritan woman. Willing to run and tell everyone about a man called Jesus.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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