Many Returns

John 4:1 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4 But He needed to go through Samaria. 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

Have you ever been in that place when/where Jesus asks you for something? Are you kidding? Do you mean…me?

Sometimes when we least expect it, when we feel least deserving, when we feel least able – that is the time Jesus shows up and asks something of us. Can we not see His heart in this? Here we are going about our life, depraved or otherwise enthralled with the morass of everyday issues and problems, and Jesus shows up with an answer in the form of a question.

Basically, “Hey, can you do something for me?” Have you got a minute? Can I trouble you for a sec?”

Would you, "Give Me a drink?"

Jesus is ALWAYS interested in drawing us into His circle, His discipleship. The last thing Jesus desires is for anyone to be an outsider. The fact is if you’re going to remain an outsider, you’re literally going to have to do so over Jesus’ dead body. He is just that serious about drawing each of us into His influence. But are we open to it?

Sometimes - in fact most times - what Jesus asks of us instead of a drink, is for just a little bit of our time. And that may seem strange at first, considering we are ‘Samaritans’ and we are steeped in sin and we know it. But still, Jesus says, "Give Me a drink.”

How we respond determines who we are capable of becoming in Christ. You see, the Lord will never violate our will. If we are open to the first step, He will lead us to the second, and so forth. If we are closed to any offer of extending ourselves in His direction, He will never impose. We may find each and every day’s experience to be just like that.

Tomorrow morning, first thing, when Jesus asks for you to “Give Him a drink” - (just a moment of your time) – how will you respond? John 4:13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." There is a principle of eternal multiplication and reciprocity in everything we do for the Lord. No matter how small. The returns are more than we can ask, think, or imagine.
- Pastor Bill