When God Says …
“The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.” (John 4:28-30 KJV)
Here is another profoundly compelling reaction of a lost person who was found by the One who came to seek and save the lost. Truly this woman, as reflected by her story that was just laid bare in her conversation with the Lord, is a lost cause in the eyes of her community and the world. But not to the eyes of grace and truth in the person of Christ Jesus, the Messiah. In God’s eyes, she is a budding soul.
Like others who have encountered the Lord, starting with Andrew, who sought his brother Simon (John 1:41) and Phillip, who found and told Nathanael (John 1:41), this woman manifests a lost soul who was truly found. She recognized the value of what she found not to neglect sharing it with her fellow villagers despite her disrepute in their eyes. She rushes to the city to share the good news that she met the Christ, leaving her water pot behind and her business at the well in the first place.
This woman's example, as with Andrew and Phillip, is the impetus of this reflection blog. This is to share to them and provoke those who I care and love, most especially everyone whom the Lord Jesus loves, with the revelation of God's holy and written Words. And, the Lord loves everyone. He loves us all and the world, that He wants us all to see the truth of His Words and be set free from the shackles of religion and deceptions of the world.
It is my prayer that may all those who come across this blog be challenged to ingest the meat of God's true gospel of grace and truth that came through the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:17). May many, if not all, be set free from the yeast of religion, which have been perpetuated from the Pharisees and Sadducees by the religions of today. The Lord warned the disciples and us about it in His Words, ““Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:6, 12 NIV)
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)
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