What's in Your Waterpot?
Thursday and Friday our church had Women's Refreshing, a revival strictly for women. It was the first time our church has done this. I hope it won't be the last. I'll talk about Thursday's sermon another time, but wanted to talk about last night's. The scripture reference was from John 4 concerning the Samaritan woman whom Jesus met at Jacob's well.
Jesus went to that well specifically to meet that woman. Most women would have already had their water early in the morning, but this woman went at noon, probably to avoid other women. After all, she wasn't exactly that city's most outstanding citizen. The most she could get from other women would be stares and whispers behind her back. But there she was with this strange man. Oh, she knew about men and she had learned they usually only wanted one thing from her. Now here's this one asking for water - 'yeah, sure I'll get your water, but you don't have a pot to put it in.' But then he tells her, 'well, if you knew the living water I had, you would ask me for a drink. You'll thirst again with the water from this well, but the water I have is living and you will never thirst again.'
They have a further discourse and she is astonished that he knows everything about her. She suspects that he is the Messiah, the prophet they'd heard would come. He tells her that salvation comes from the Jews. She knew about religion, knew that Samaritans worshiped in this mountain, but that Jews worshiped in Jerusalem. Then she ran off and left her waterpot. She had carried that pot around thinking it was her life, but when she met Jesus, she realized that her pot was useless. She saw in Jesus, that he had living water and that's what she needed in her hurt and ostracized existence as a woman.
She went back to town and told everyone about the man who knew everything about her. She talked to people she wouldn't have talked to before and they came out to hear Jesus. She became responsible for the revival of that town. They came out and believed in Jesus as the Messiah. They had listened to her talk, but they came out and heard him for themselves and he showed himself as the One who gives life abundantly.
What's in your waterpot? What are you carrying around that you hope will give you life and happiness? All of us have something. Some think money will satisfy, or a good marriage. Some have already figured out those may not last and if they do, they still are not satisfied inwardly. Sex, drugs, seeking after knowledge, a big promotion on the job, fine homes and cars, and other quests become candidates for fulfilling life's deepest needs. But those disappoint quickly.
Jesus is the fountain of life that springs up in new life in us. He satisfies where nothing else can. He is lasting, eternal, He's there when everyone else fails you and leaves you. He showed her that the opinion that other people had of her was not God's view. After all, Jesus went out of his way just to meet with her and tell her that the Messiah had come and she was a worthy candidate to receive the life he had for her.
What's in your waterpot? Replace what you carry around every day with the knowledge that Jesus loves you and gave Himself for you. Believe in and accept that He is the one true God who loves you more than you can imagine.
Jesus went to that well specifically to meet that woman. Most women would have already had their water early in the morning, but this woman went at noon, probably to avoid other women. After all, she wasn't exactly that city's most outstanding citizen. The most she could get from other women would be stares and whispers behind her back. But there she was with this strange man. Oh, she knew about men and she had learned they usually only wanted one thing from her. Now here's this one asking for water - 'yeah, sure I'll get your water, but you don't have a pot to put it in.' But then he tells her, 'well, if you knew the living water I had, you would ask me for a drink. You'll thirst again with the water from this well, but the water I have is living and you will never thirst again.'
They have a further discourse and she is astonished that he knows everything about her. She suspects that he is the Messiah, the prophet they'd heard would come. He tells her that salvation comes from the Jews. She knew about religion, knew that Samaritans worshiped in this mountain, but that Jews worshiped in Jerusalem. Then she ran off and left her waterpot. She had carried that pot around thinking it was her life, but when she met Jesus, she realized that her pot was useless. She saw in Jesus, that he had living water and that's what she needed in her hurt and ostracized existence as a woman.
She went back to town and told everyone about the man who knew everything about her. She talked to people she wouldn't have talked to before and they came out to hear Jesus. She became responsible for the revival of that town. They came out and believed in Jesus as the Messiah. They had listened to her talk, but they came out and heard him for themselves and he showed himself as the One who gives life abundantly.
What's in your waterpot? What are you carrying around that you hope will give you life and happiness? All of us have something. Some think money will satisfy, or a good marriage. Some have already figured out those may not last and if they do, they still are not satisfied inwardly. Sex, drugs, seeking after knowledge, a big promotion on the job, fine homes and cars, and other quests become candidates for fulfilling life's deepest needs. But those disappoint quickly.
Jesus is the fountain of life that springs up in new life in us. He satisfies where nothing else can. He is lasting, eternal, He's there when everyone else fails you and leaves you. He showed her that the opinion that other people had of her was not God's view. After all, Jesus went out of his way just to meet with her and tell her that the Messiah had come and she was a worthy candidate to receive the life he had for her.
What's in your waterpot? Replace what you carry around every day with the knowledge that Jesus loves you and gave Himself for you. Believe in and accept that He is the one true God who loves you more than you can imagine.
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