John 4 - Woman at the Well

Observations:

Had to Pass through Samaria: Jews didn’t have to pass through Samaria in fact they made a tradition of doing everything possible to avoid going through Samaria. Jesus “har to” because it was the will of the Father.

6th Hour: The woman came at the sixth hour which is noon. That is in the middle of the day when no other woman would get water because of the heat. She had to do this because she was ashamed of herself and didn’t want other people to see her.

Jesus asks her for water even through she is a Samaritan woman. Jews hated Samaritans

Water was one of this woman’s greatest need and the thing she probably most hated getting. So what Jesus is saying is that he can meet her greatest need.

She asks if he is greater than Jacob which is so ironic because that’s the point He is trying to make. Jacob gave you a well. He can give you living water.

We worship God not at a place but in spirit and truth

She immediately leaves Jesus and tells everyone about Him.

Jesus says it is his food to do the will of the Father.

Life Lessons

The Samaritan woman had a desire to be both known and loved. She lived in shame her whole life. When she met Jesus who knew her and loved her everything changed.

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.” -Tim Keller

When you meet Jesus everything changes. If these haven’t at least begun to change maybe you haven’t meet Jesus.

The Main Point is found in John 4:26 “26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”” Jesus is God. Jesus is the Messiah.

A desire to do what is right should fuel our days.

There are people ready to be saved what is lacking is laborers. There is not a lack of harvest there is a lack of laborers.

Application

Do I believe that I am both fully know and loved by God? IF yes or no how does that play it’s self out in my life?

Am I still self righteous? Yes. Why? I lie to myself and tell myself I am better than I am because I don’t even want to admit to myself what God already knows. If I believed that I was fully known and fully loved it free me to be both honest with myself and with others.

Am I willing to meet most challenges that come my way? For the most part yes and I think it’s because I’ve taken this truth to heart on some level. Knowing that in my failures God will still love me.