The Life of Jesus Series
How Jesus interacted with
others.
John 4:1-26
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
Recently
a friend of mine had surgery on his hand. The incision was approximately four
inches long and required twenty-five stitches. After a week and a half, he was
still wearing a large bandage which helps the healing process; but also hides
the scar.
In his words, “You don’t want to see this scar. It’s not pretty”.
The
woman at the well had many scars, and she did her best to hide them. She went
to the well in the heat of the day when she knew that the other women wouldn’t be
there. You see, she had a history of divorce; of broken relationships; and was likely
gossiped about as an immoral woman.
While
trying her best to draw water as an invisible Samaritan woman, she has a “chance”
meeting with Jesus, who was also alone. The only reason that Jesus was in the
region was because he decided to leave Judea and return to Galilee through
Samaria. When he arrived at the well, he was tired, hungry and thirsty; so his
disciples went to find food while he waited at the well.
This
“chance” meeting took place on holy ground. The well was in the shadow of Mount
Gerizim. For the Samaritans, there was no place more holy than this. It was
where they worshiped God. Going to Mount Gerizim was like the Jews going to
Jerusalem for their religious feasts and festivals.
The
woman at the well met Jesus on holy ground. However, it wasn’t holy ground
because of Mount Gerizim. It was holy ground because of Jesus. If it wasn’t for
who Jesus was and his scars… her scars would have been in vain. It’s through
his suffering, death and resurrection that her sins were forgiven and her scars
were healed.
Ironically,
if it wasn’t for her scars, she may have never met Jesus. Her scars lead her to
faith in Jesus as the expected “Messiah,
called Christ”.
Like the woman at the well, we also have scars that we want
to hide. But through those scars, we too can come to meet Jesus who promises us
forgiveness and healing.
Click
on the link below to listen to the song “Scars” by I Am They.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It1XzDf-pFo
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