I remember when Nathan asked me to marry him. I wanted to tell the whole world. The excitement was real and I wanted everyone to share in it with us. Same thing happened when we found out we were pregnant. Good news is hard to keep to oneself; job promotions, weddings, baby arrivals, graduations, birthdays, winning the championship game. We can’t wait to share these things with those around us.
The Samaritan woman after meeting Jesus left everything at the well to run and tell the community about her conversation with Jesus. She couldn’t wait till later. After hearing her story, the people went out to meet Jesus for themselves. They believed her testimony and after having met Jesus themselves, their belief grew and became their own. Have you experienced the joy of God? Have you been comforted by his peace? Saved by his grace? Overwhelmed by his love? If so, have you shared these things with others? Jesus told the disciples that the fields are ripe for harvest. It is true today as well. People want to be loved and are searching for the Truth. If you have experienced the things above, you have something to offer; your story. When we introduce others to Jesus, they may believe our story at first because they have witnessed that truth in us. But when they meet Jesus themselves, they will believe because of their own experiences with him. Your story is important. I challenge you to share it with somebody. People need to hear that God loves them. What has God done in your life that you can share with someone today? John 4.27-42 27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. 31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” 34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.” Many Samaritans Believe 39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
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AuthorThe Pastors of Cornerstone Wesleyan Church Archives
July 2017
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