WOMEN AT THE WELL
THE WOMAN AT JACOB’S WELL
Text (Referral) John 4: 1-42
Text (Read) John 4: 6-19
Come with me….. if you will…… to the well of Jacob….. and stand with me as I analyze this Samaritan woman’s situation.
What do we see here? Here we see unmerited favor….. we see unconditional love….. we see acceptance….. we see sacrifice….. and yes….. we see a risk. Here we see where God took an ordinary woman……… and placed her in an extraordinary situation.
Look at this un-named Samaritan woman…….. she stopped by to let you know…….. that even if people don’t remember your name….. they will surely remember…. what you did. Look over your shoulder and say……… but God. Look over your other shoulder and say……. Her situation…… is yesterday’s news.
Now…… it was not by accident that Jesus was at the well during the same time that the Samaritan woman was there. Usually women go to the well to draw water during the morning and the evening….. but this woman went to the well during the heat of the day. My sanctified imagination tells me that she was attempting to avoid an encounter with those who knew her reputation. This is symbolic to our ability to avoid people……. Yet our inability to avoid Jesus. WE SERVE AN OMNIPRESENT GOD.
I come this evening to…. PRAISE….. the unnamed woman at Jacob’s well….. and to draw from her story….. lessons for women in the church today.
I praise her because she knows who she is….. and what she believes. She knows how to protect herself through aphorisms…… and how to concede a point when it matches her experience. She is a woman of heart and head…… spontaneity and caution….. earthy savvy and spiritual longing……… She has much to teach us.
The Samaritan woman is the example of the reality….. that no one can sink so low….. as to be below the offer of salvation.
Watch the Samaritan woman approach the well…… she carries a clay water pot in her hands; but she also carried a much heavier burden in her soul.
There is a wonderful peace…..
Text (Referral) John 4: 1-42
Text (Read) John 4: 6-19
Come with me….. if you will…… to the well of Jacob….. and stand with me as I analyze this Samaritan woman’s situation.
What do we see here? Here we see unmerited favor….. we see unconditional love….. we see acceptance….. we see sacrifice….. and yes….. we see a risk. Here we see where God took an ordinary woman……… and placed her in an extraordinary situation.
Look at this un-named Samaritan woman…….. she stopped by to let you know…….. that even if people don’t remember your name….. they will surely remember…. what you did. Look over your shoulder and say……… but God. Look over your other shoulder and say……. Her situation…… is yesterday’s news.
Now…… it was not by accident that Jesus was at the well during the same time that the Samaritan woman was there. Usually women go to the well to draw water during the morning and the evening….. but this woman went to the well during the heat of the day. My sanctified imagination tells me that she was attempting to avoid an encounter with those who knew her reputation. This is symbolic to our ability to avoid people……. Yet our inability to avoid Jesus. WE SERVE AN OMNIPRESENT GOD.
I come this evening to…. PRAISE….. the unnamed woman at Jacob’s well….. and to draw from her story….. lessons for women in the church today.
I praise her because she knows who she is….. and what she believes. She knows how to protect herself through aphorisms…… and how to concede a point when it matches her experience. She is a woman of heart and head…… spontaneity and caution….. earthy savvy and spiritual longing……… She has much to teach us.
The Samaritan woman is the example of the reality….. that no one can sink so low….. as to be below the offer of salvation.
Watch the Samaritan woman approach the well…… she carries a clay water pot in her hands; but she also carried a much heavier burden in her soul.
There is a wonderful peace…..