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t was another dry and dusty day. The Jews and Samaritans awaited the Messiah. To
morning rush to get the cool, fresh her stunned amazement, He then revealed to
Iwater had subsided. A lone woman ap- her that He was the One she was waiting for!
proached with her heavy waterpot on her In God’s great purposes and plans, noth-
shoulder. Needing water for the home, she
also couldn’t wait to get a satisfying drink ing ever happens by chance; nothing is a
for herself. coincidence. If you are reading this just now
As she approached, she stopped suddenly. and you do not know the Lord Jesus as your
A man sat there at the well, a man she didn’t Savior, this is also not a chance happening.
know but quickly recognized as being a The God who loves you dearly is giving you
Jew. She was a Samaritan, an outcast to the yet another opportunity to have your sins
Jews. She hesitated, and at that moment the forgiven.
stranger asked her for a drink. She responded As with this dear woman, He knows all
to His request with a question, asking why a about you. Perhaps you consider yourself
Jewish man would want anything to do with an outcast, out of the reach of His grace. But
her, a Samaritan. His answer was as deep as just as Jesus came to this well to meet and
the well. He let her know that not only was save this woman, He is willing to meet you
He no ordinary man but He could give her where you are and give you the amazing
a gift no one else could. gift of everlasting life. The entire message
of the Old Testament is to present the Lord
She thought He meant water from the 135-
foot deep well; she found out that what He Jesus as God’s anointed Messiah. She had
could give her was the water of everlasting heard about Him, perhaps for all of her life.
life. To prove He was divine, He told her of And when she met Him for the first time, she
her sinful lifestyle – she changed the subject. knew. He was real. He was kind. He knew
He spoke of God as His Father and of true the sadness of her life. And He offered her,
worship. Before His kind and piercing eyes, in love, exactly what she needed.
she felt her deep need of spiritual life, the What about you? Are you willing to trust
very longing of her soul. Her life had been this Savior? He saved this woman even be-
unhappy and unfulfilled; the offer He made fore He went to the cross. What He did on
to her and the love with which He spoke to Calvary, just a couple of years later, proves
her caused her to want what this stranger beyond doubt that He truly loves all sinners.
was offering. As she processed His wisdom He bore God’s wrath so that you and I would
and discerning, she thought of the Christ, never have to face it. Trust this Messiah today.
the Messiah, the One who was to come. Both Everlasting life is promised!