4 But he had to pass through Samaria. 5 Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.
7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.) 9 So the Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you—a Jew—ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?” (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said to him, “you have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do you get this living water? 12 Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”
13 Jesus replied, “Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again. 14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” 16 He said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.” 17 The woman replied, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “Right you are when you said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But a time is coming—and now is here—when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ); “whenever he comes, he will tell us everything.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he"
John 4: 4-26
This scripture tells the story of Jesus, tired from the journey, choosing to make a detour. His detour is to minister to a woman that was considered an outcast, because of her immoral lifestyle. Not only that, as a Jew, it was prohibited for Him to even speak to her. Nevertheless, he was intentional about meeting with her and offering her living water. He took the time to see her, minister to her in her current situation, and offer her eternal life. He did this when no one else would, and when no one else was around.
Integrity:
the soundness of moral character; who you are when no one is looking.
According to verse 8, the disciples had left Jesus alone to go into town. Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well, happened when no one was looking.
This encounter displayed His character. It revealed His desire and ability, to give what was needed, at the right time. She, as we all do, needed eternal life.
Jesus' choice to meet the need of one woman, in a private, life altering, encounter, is proof that He embodies the definition of integrity.
Trust:
reliance on the integrity, strength, and ability, of a person or thing.
This passage of scripture reveals God's heart toward us.
It proves that regardless of what we've done, we are valuable to Him.
It proves that we can rely on His integrity.
It proves that we can trust Him.
Just as God sent Jesus to the woman at the well to offer her eternal life; He sent Jesus to die in our place, so we can have eternal life.
Through Jesus Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, we can trust Jesus as Lord and Savior of our lives. We trust Him to have complete authority and control over our lives.
In doing so, we trust that God's will is always in our best interest, no matter what.
Trust God? Yes and Always.
His intentions toward us are always pure.
We can rely on His integrity. He. Is. Trustworthy.
For Reflection
Has my experience with trust been positive or negative?
Have I attributed that experience to my ability to trust God?
Do I believe that God's intentions toward me are pure?
Are there opportunities in my life for me to trust God more than I do in this moment?
Scripture:
John 4: 4-26
God loves us always.