Are we too attached to our waterpots to carry the call of Jesus into our cities? Are we so fixated on our immediate tasks that we cannot leave them long enough to bear witness to his power, grace, and truth?
Here was a woman with a reputation in the village, and she went directly to the people who knew that reputation. She declared the credibility of Jesus to people among whom she had very little credibility of her own.
At least they would talk to her.
She did it without the slightest hint of intimidation and completely undistracted by the unfinished mission that had brought her to the well in the first place.
Who cares about two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen when you have discovered living water?
Washing clothes can wait. Cooking can be done later. Even drinking water can be postponed. It is not every day that you meet a man who can tell you everything you have ever done—and do it in such a way that you experience love, forgiveness, and acceptance rather than shame, guilt, and fear.
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