John 4:13-14, “Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
Jesus and his disciples were traveling back to Galilee and he decided to go through Samaria a region that was not favorable to Jews. They came to the city of Sychar that was near Jacobs well. It was hot and Jesus was tired so he sat down at the well to get a drink while his disciples went to get something to eat. The custom of the day was for women to come to the well in the early morning to draw water and visit with friends. Women of honor dared not come to the well in the middle of the day. As Jesus sat by the well a woman with a bad reputation came to get water and she came at mid day so as not to be scorned and called names by the women of the town. As she was starting to draw water Jesus asked her to give him a drink. Startled she asked, “How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” Jesus replied, “If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.” Now she is really confused here is a Jewish rabbi who is asking her for a drink and is telling her he can give her living water but he has nothing to draw water with.
She thought--Who does he think he is? Is he better than Jacob our founder and patriarch? Confused yet she was now curious as to what this living water is and she thought if she could get that water she would never have to draw water again.
Here is a woman with a bad reputation but Jesus did not see that He saw someone who needed the love of God. He did not concern himself with the traditions of the time but took this opportunity to share the love of God with a lost soul. Was what he did politically correct? Did it look bad for a Jew to be talking to a lone woman in the middle of the day? Jesus was not concerned about what people thought or how things looked. He was concerned with this woman and how God loved her no matter what she had done. What did that mean to this woman? It showed her that she had worth. It showed her that someone cared about her and wanted to talk to her. This was far different from the life she currently led. She was shunned by everyone. She had several failed marriages and life didn’t hold much promise. As she talked to Jesus she began to see firsthand that God loved her.
What did Jesus see in this woman? He saw someone who needed someone to talk to, someone to care about her and someone who God loved. As he talked to her he looked into her heart and saw a lonely lost sheep that needed God’s care. Jesus did not condone her sin. He did not judge her for her mistakes. He saw past that and gave her the gift of life. How do we see people today through the eyes of political correctness or through the eyes of Jesus?
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