John 4:4-30
Do you ever get distracted or discouraged by interruptions in your day? Do the questions of others frustrate you? I wonder if the woman Jesus met at a well in Samaria felt the same way. She had come to get water and return because she had come at the heat of the day. As she arrived a Jewish man asked her for water. She was taken back because most Jewish people of that day saw Samaritans as unclean. He was asking her for water and he had not even brought his own jar or cup. I wonder if she questioned in her mind his intent. Their minor interruption became a conversation about a Living Water that would make it where she would never be thirsty again. She must have thought Him strange maybe even a prophet of some sort. So the conversation moved to Spiritual matters. She quickly pointed out not just their difference in religious practice, but also the fact that she had multiple husbands and the man she was now with wasn’t her husband at all. How did He know? Who told Him? How could He know He wasn’t even from her town. He must be someone special. He then claimed to be the Messiah! Did she wonder “could this really be Him?” He did know everything. This divine appointment could change everything. He saw her! He knew her and He did not condemn. With great urgency she ran back to her village to tell them about her divine encounter with the man who claimed to be God’s Son. Many came to see Him as well. He stayed with them a couple more days and during that time many in the village believed that Jesus was indeed the Promised Messiah. The Messiah had come not just to the Jews but to the Samaritans as well revealing this Living Water was for all who would come and drink
Today if you find yourself being interrupted, resist the urge to become frustrated or overwhelmed. Instead look at the person before you. Truly see them and listen to what they say. Then either be a blessed or give a blessing to them. You never know all that God may have in store for you!