If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. (John 4:10)
Today’s passage comes from a divine appointment Jesus had at the well of Jacob with a Samaritan woman. This woman had absolutely no idea who Jesus was. The furthest thing from her mind was that Jesus was the promised “GIFT OF GOD!” Yet, there Jesus was, in a place respectable Jewish men would never be in. This was Samaria, the place of the hated and despised half-breed Samaritans, and Jesus was speaking, no less, to a woman.
Now this woman was a shunned outcast even in her society. She came out to draw water at high noon, the apex of the heat of the day, when no one would be at the well. Jesus identifies her as having five previous husbands and currently living with a man who was not her husband. He knew everything about her and by the end of the conversation, she understood that Jesus was indeed the promised “GIFT OF GOD.” We know this truth because of her report when she ran back into town shouting, “He told me everything I ever did.”
This woman was transformed by the love of Jesus. Here is a powerful example of one of the deepest gospel truths – we are fully known and completely loved. Think about it. Jesus knows everything you ever did and He is still for you, with you, and in you. Now I know this is hard for us to understand because so often love comes with conditions in this life. But not with Jesus. His love is unwavering even when we are wavering. That’s the beauty and the blessing of understanding Jesus as the “GIFT OF GOD!”
So, how are you experiencing the love of God in Christ Jesus today? Do you believe Jesus loves you with no strings attached? Remember, Jesus is the “GIFT OF GOD” and a gift is something that is freely given. You have been rescued from your rebellion not because of anything you have ever done or ever will do. But simply because Jesus loves you. Not that’s the “GIFT” that keeps on giving.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 