Invested Gift

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”      Matthew 21:21-22 (WEB)

Do you have the gift of faith? I know two people very well who do. My daughter, Janet, and, my friend, Hannah have the gift of faith.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. Romans 12:3 (WEB)

Each of us has been given a measure of faith. I believe that God wants to give us more faith. As we walk along with Him and learn of Him and trust Him and hear the testimonies of others, we build our faith.

1 Corinthians 12-14 teaches us much about the gifts God gives to His children. It is not an exhaustive list. There are many gifts that God gives for the work of His Kingdom that aren’t specifically listed in the Bible. My friend, Hannah, that I mentioned has a gift of art. She creates beautiful banners and pictures that inspire us all to worship God. I have another friend, Cindy, that plays piano and just knows what song to blend into next, weaving a path with songs that celebrates, heals, and certainly leads us to God’s feet to worship Him.

The gift of faith is certainly like the other gifts from God’s Holy Spirit – wonderful, spectacular – and meant to build us personally and corporately within the Body of Christ. I am blessed to have people in my life that have been instrumental in my spiritual growth. I listened to their wise words as we prayed for my son to be healed. Their faith joined with others as we watched James leave, preceding us into Jesus’ promised reward. Their faith continues as we all learn to rejoice at the assurance of his eternal reward while we all miss James in our day-to-day lives. I am grateful for their gift in the Body. Jesus uses them to lift me up!

Each of us has a gift given by God. Jesus tells us the parable about ‘talents’ (Matthew 25:14) to describe how His Kingdom is to work. (Note: a ‘talent’ was a measure of currency. Its present day definition of ‘gift’ works in this parable also.) We are not to bury our talents but instead we are to invest them and use them so that multiplication occurs and the Kingdom grows. If we ignore a gift, refuse a gift, or do not use it for God to be praised – God will not allow His gift to be wasted or abused and so someone else will receive the blessing.

If you do not know your gifts, ask God. Ask Him for revelation in this area. Ask God for an increase in your gift. Ask Him to show you opportunities to use this gift to honor Him. He will answer! If you see gifts in others – mention it to them! Encourage them! Let them know that you appreciate them and then follow that up with a prayer of thanksgiving to God for them.

 

 

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Fear

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.                  Psalm 23:1 (NIV)

Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Don’t tremble with fear.

I am your God. I will make you strong, as I protect you with my arm and give you victories.                             Isaiah 41:10 (CEV)

There is much in this world to bring fear into my mind and spirit.

nuclear meltdowns

wars

tsunamis and earthquakes

violent crimes

cancer

There is little that I, as an individual, can do to insure myself against such vehicles of fear – except that I choose faith.

Christians often quote Jesus’ promise that if I have only mustard seed-size faith, I can move a mountain (Matthew 17:20). When I am being beat up and screamed at by fear, my faith seems tiny – like a seed. And choosing faith seems so weak and “last resort”.

Spoiler Alert! You may not want to hear this!

Bible history seems to show me that God will allow great difficulties in my life to get me to the point of turning to Him and relying on Him. It’s my nature to try to figure things out in my own mind and make plans with my own reasoning. Believing and relying on God whom I can not see with my eyes and argue (I mean, discuss) face-to-face, is problematic. Doing it my way…well, how’s that working for me so far?!?!??

Fear is strengthened by isolation and lies. Fear will grow in size when I think that I must face my situation alone or refuse support because I don’t want to appear weak. My problem becomes worse when I listen to those who live in the drama and negative.

Winning over fear is choosing to focus on the truth and standing together with those who love me and believe with me. There is strength in numbers! The truth is that I don’t have control but the One who does – won’t let me go. No matter what is next, Jesus is there before me. God promised that before I even call on Him, He has responded (Isaiah 65:24).

Do I hear the voice of fear try to blindside me with the idea of death? Death is not the end of my life but the real beginning. When fear slithers into my life, may I stand firm and remember that if God is for me – no one can win against me (Romans 8:31). With God as my light and salvation, there is no one to fear (Psalm 27:1).

Contemporary worship music is my usual preference but when I am in a ‘season’ of trials and tests, this hymn, 1200-years-old, is the one that sings in my spirit and lifts my eyes to the LORD, my Strength:

Be Thou My Vision

Irish hymn, possibly from the 8th century

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight,
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight.
Thou my soul’s shelter, Thou my high tower.
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’ns Son!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.

 

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Answer the Question

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ Matthew 16:13-20 (WEB)

“What about you? Who do you say I am? Imagine being in school with Jesus, the Teacher, and have Him ask this question – and He is looking at me. Peter says that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. And Jesus comes back and tells Peter clearly that it is not that he (Peter) figured it out for himself but that God gave him that revelation.

Peter was no one special. Peter was a fisherman. He may have been a good one but it is doubtful that Peter was wealthy or had received advanced Temple teaching. In Acts (4:13) we are told that the Sanhedrin made the judgment that Peter and John were ‘unschooled’ and ‘ordinary’. We are also told that the Sanhedrin was ‘astonished’ at their courage and knew they had been with Jesus. It was the Messiah and His promised Spirit who made them more than ordinary, not anything they had done on their own.

Jesus tells Peter that he is the Rock upon which He will build His Church and that satan will never defeat it! A promise from God. Peter was the beginning but he was not the only. Thousands came after Peter, including me, and Jesus’ promises are still true for me.

At that same time, Jesus felt the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, and he said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that is what pleased you.

My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who really knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.

Jesus then turned to his disciples and said to them in private, “You are really blessed to see what you see! Many prophets and kings were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you that they did not see or hear.” Luke 10:21-24 (CEV)

Jesus tells them later that He is the ‘cornerstone’ (Luke 20:17). Peter was the Rock. And me? I am also a stone in Jesus’ Church. Jesus places me among the other stones as He sees in His plan. God has plans for me just as He did Peter. And Jesus is there to teach and guide me just as He did Peter. Surely Jesus is with me and will be with me until – His mission is finished (Matthew 28). “Here I am, Lord. Use me.”

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Feast of the Tabernacles

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”     John 7:37-38 (WEB)

It is no wonder that this book, the Bible, has been on the Best Sellers List – forever! There is always something new to learn. When you take the time to look up some Biblical history and learn some things about the feast that is mentioned here, it can make what Jesus said even more extraordinary.

The feast is the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2). The people would sleep in tents remembering their nomadic ancestors. During this feast there is the reenactment of the Moses and the rock which gave water to the Israelites. Each morning a priest would bring a golden pitcher with water from the Gihon spring and carry it to the temple. People lined the streets. With trumpets heralding the event, the priest pours the water all around the altar. He would do this every morning for seven days. On the seventh day – “the last and greatest day of the Feast” – the priest would do a Jericho march, going seven times around the altar, pouring the water. It may have been at this time that Jesus, seeing the water poured out, said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink! (emphasis mine). Remember that Jesus had said,

“I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”     John 6:32-33 (NIV, my emphasis)

Jesus was trying to get them to see that what Moses started and they continued to remember was bread and water that would not satisfy them. They would always have to go back for more. Jesus had the ultimate answer. The new covenant with Him would give them eternal satisfaction.

When I am thirsty, I take a drink of water. I don’t deny myself this important ingredient that sustains my life. While I can fast from food for several days and not die, 3 days without water will bring serious medical problems as the delicate balance of electrolytes is destroyed. When I am ‘spiritually thirsty’, I do not respond so quickly and without a second thought to assuage that thirst! How foolish I am! Spiritual thirst brings about fear, worry, guilt, shame, to name a few. When I take a drink of water, I don’t have to tell it where to go and what areas are ‘dry’ in my body! I don’t have to tell the Holy Spirit where to go when my spirit is thirsty. The apostle, John, tells me in a kind of ‘parentheses’ statement what the ‘water’ Jesus shouted about was:

But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified. John 7:39 (WEB)

And so when worry or anything else makes me feel ‘ill’ and pulled down, may I stop and take a drink of the Holy Spirit whether it be in prayer, a song, or just a quiet open-handed outreach that says, “Jesus, I am so thirsty! I receive what You have for me now.”

When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.      Acts 4:31 (WEB)

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Still

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some [still] doubted.         Matthew 28:16-17     (WEB, addition & emphasis mine)

The eleven disciples who had spent three years with Jesus doubted. Peter had seen Him transformed on a mountain. John had stood near the cross and watched Him die. They had seen Jesus heal lepers and blind men. They had seen Him raise Lazarus and Jairus’ daughter from the dead. They had seen Jesus control the weather and the grave – and still they doubted!

I have some still in my life, too. I still worry. I still clench my fist whenever her name comes up. I still get frustrated with ____ (too many things!). Does Jesus have a word for me as I linger like the disciples in the world of still? Of course He does!

[Jesus said,] “Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:49 (WEB)

Being assembled together with them, he [Jesus] commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Acts 1:4-5 (WEB)

Jesus knew their doubts. Jesus knows mine. He knew them 2000 years ago. He provided His Holy Spirit to get rid of my stills. All I have to do is ask. The disciples met together in Jerusalem and prayed. They stayed together with Mary and 100+ others and prayed and waited for what Jesus had promised. They still had fear and doubts so they waited for the promised power that would destroy the stills.

Am I willing to persevere in prayer with the Lord to get rid of my stills? Here it is! The way to get rid of the worry and frustration and doubt is right here – all I have to do is ask and receive His power. It is the perseverance of asking and the simplicity of receiving that I find difficult. It goes against my fleshly nature. It isn’t about my flesh. It is about my spirit.

On the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came in power, all explanations were superfluous and reasoning had no place. It was seeing with the eyes of their spirit to recognize the Spirit of God that kept those assembled Believers focused correctly on the ‘what next’. They left their stills in the dust.

Doubters became prophets and evangelists. Peter, the barely educated fisherman, preached and the greatest faith movement in all history began! It began because the doubters believed enough to wait for what Jesus promised. And then they believed enough to obey and receive.

Why wouldn’t that work for me? Does Jesus love Peter and John more than me? No. The questionable ingredient lies with me. Am I willing to wait and receive?

God gives. And while I am waiting and eager to receive, I will wait with others who desire the same. We will soar and run and walk and not be weary or faint! (Isaiah 40:29-31) We are filled with the promised power of God!

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How Can I Say Thanks

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

[Jesus said,]“But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as was scattered.”      Matthew 13:8 (CEV)

Today I want to say thanks. It isn’t an anniversary. It’s just a day like any other day which is another reason to think of my parents because they were very “ordinary” people.

They were born less than 20 miles apart in very small towns in the heartland of our country. They were raised during the depression. My father’s parents were seen as “rich” by my mother and her family because they owned a large farm which provided them with most of what they needed and plenty to sell. Both families were church-goers and supporters. In a day when people married within their faith and social group, my parents were seen as a “mixed marriage”. One Catholic, the other Protestant. One Democratic, the other Republican. One very poor, the other upper middle class.

My parents weren’t perfect parents but my observation and hindsight perspective is that they did better than their parents. They encouraged my brother and me in our education and it was always a forgone conclusion that we would go to college. They never told us what we had to do with our lives – just do our best. Marriage was a “forever” commitment and you didn’t give up when things got tough. They did not speak about their own faith but led by example, especially my mother who not only taught us to pray but did not hide that she prayed every night. We also saw that she truly loved to go to church. She worshiped.

Sowing seeds into our children and grandchildren is my legacy – for good or ill. That is my primary ministry within my family. I believe the ground will be most fertile when I sow by example. It is not about preaching to my children, it is about being who I am and allowing them to see how I struggle and succeed with Jesus in my life. Do I cry out to God? Yes. Do I struggle with understanding the “why” and “when” of what He does? Yes. But at the end of my days, I loved Him and did all that I did to point people to Jesus.

So, thank you, Mom and Dad. Thank you for all that you did and the seeds that you sowed in my life. Those seeds did multiply and not just to your grandchildren and great-grandchildren. You wouldn’t believe all the places in the world that your legacy has traveled! Rest now from your labors and I will see you again one day.

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Unity in the Body

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

It is truly wonderful when relatives live together in peace…

It is like the dew from Mount Hermon, falling on Zion’s mountains, where the LORD has promised to bless his people with life forevermore. Psalm 133:1, 3 (CEV)

Unity in the Church is our #1 failure and when we talk about the war between good and evil, our enemy knows where to strike to win the most battles – inside Jesus’ Body of Believers. How horribly sad is that?

Unity does not mean we become so lukewarm that we end up with a homogenized Body of Christ that has no ‘spark’, no Power. I see unity when we encourage and support each other to serve the Lord in the way He has called us. I see unity when we focus on the ‘majors’ (like Jesus is Lord!) and allow each other to have different ‘minors’ (like do you pray in tongues or not). I know that my ‘minors’ are many and some of my brothers and sisters within Christ’s Body do not have the same list. I want to continue to look at Jesus and see what He considers the ‘major’ points.

Christ encourages you, and his love comforts you. God’s Spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others. Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person. Don’t be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. Care about them as much as you care about yourselves.     Philippians 2:1-4 (CEV)

Where there is unity, God gives blessings. We wonder why more people do not come to accept Jesus when we do not ‘love’ any more than the pagans! Isn’t that what Jesus said (Luke 6:27-36)?

My ‘enemies’ are not just people I hate. If someone is not my brother or sister in my heart, then I have put them in the ‘other’ list. Do you worship with someone that you make sure that you do not have to greet? Is there someone that doesn’t make your blessing list? Or prayer list? Those can be difficult questions. Questions that need the honesty and discernment of the Holy Spirit to answer, I think.

There is a well-known song that says, “Let there be peace on earth…and let it begin with me.” Let there be unity in the Body…and let it begin with me.

 

 

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What Wondrous Love is This

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

What wondrous love is this? O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul?
What wondrous love is this?
Which caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse,
For my soul.         (1835, Public Domain)

Oskar Schlinder, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees, during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. While thousands, even millions, of us turned a blind eye to what was happening in Eastern Europe, Herr Schlinder did something to make a difference. Was he a Christian? I do not know. But he did follow the principles of Jesus Christ. He risked his life and saved lives for no earthly payoff.

I do not know if I will be asked to save a thousand people and risk my own life, but I know that God does ask me to sacrifice myself every day. He asks me to let go of social position, my “stuff” that I want, and live with the needs that He provides through His plan.

If you have never read Corrie ten Boom’s little book, The Hiding Place, I encourage you to check it out at your local library. Reading it is like sitting down with her and just talking about evil and about faith. She is candid about her struggle to find God in the concentration camp where she was put for her crime of hiding Jews from the Nazis. My favorite piece is when she comes face-to-face with one of her former jailers many years later. She found the power that God truly has to destroy even hidden seeds of bitterness and hatred and the new freedom she experienced. With God, there is always something more in our relationship! But to receive the more, I must seek Jesus and spend the time with Him. I will find that I cannot outgive Him.

[Jesus said,]“The Lord’s Spirit has come to me, because he has chosen me to tell the good news to the poor. The Lord has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to give sight to the blind, to free everyone who suffers, and to say, `This is the year the Lord has chosen.’ “            Luke 4:18-19 (CEV)

I am a disciple, a follower, of Jesus Christ. Jesus the Messiah. My Savior. My friend and brother who will show me how to live my life in service. He shows me how to reach out and uplift children. He shows me how to encourage people young in their faith in Him. He shows me how to reach out with healing to the old and the ill. He shows me the many ways to share His Good News with everyone He brings into my life. Am I willing to be a reflection of His wondrous love?

 

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Pray for Children

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,…      Romans 1:8-9 (WEB)

Pray without ceasing.      1 Thessalonians 5:17 (WEB)

Do you pray for your children? Your grandchildren? The child you saw at the store today that was disciplined by a tired, over-worked mom? The children on the bus in front of you? The children of Japan, Haiti, Libya, Ethiopia and the Sudan, Turkey and Afghanistan?

Most of those children I will never know by name. But God does. I may not know their specific, daily needs (even my children and grandchildren as they live so far away). But God does. The daily routines of many Third World children are beyond my imagination and comprehension. But God knows their going out and their coming in, when they lie down and when they are afraid.

My husband, Henry, has a truth that he shares when he teaches about prayer:

God answers our prayers better than we pray them.

God invites me in on His relationship with His children. When I see a bus on the road, I can speak a blessing:

Father, bless each one of the children on that bus. Let them embrace the fun of learning something new today. Bless them with wisdom and understanding. Bless them with friends that will encourage them to be a better person. Bless their families with a spirit of unity, compassion, and desire for Your presence in their lives.

When I watch CNN tell me about what is happening on the other side of the world, I can lift those children up out of the darkness of fear.

Father, I asked that You be a tangible presence in the lives of the children of _________. By whatever name they now recognize You, may You be revealed to them in Spirit and Truth. May they know that they are not alone, nor are they helpless. May the children of _________ see You in visions and dreams. I claim the promises that You said that children shall lead (Isaiah 11:6) and their importance in Your Kingdom (Matthew 18:1-3).

When a missionary friend contacts me, I can pray.

Jesus, bless Your messengers who carry Your Good News, not just to the adults, but to the children. Bless the children with joy as they learn about You. Bless them with Your peace and wrap them up in Your extravagant love.

I can pray any time, any where. I can pray aloud, in whispers, or in my spirit and heart where only You and I can hear. Prayer has no cost in my life as it is time with God multiplied more than I have words to describe the number! God takes my tiny hope for a child and converts it into His Hope.

O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying, for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.
For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,
so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.
So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.
Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.     Psalm 78:1-8 (NLT)

 

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Call the Doctor

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

The woman answered, “I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.” John 4:13-18 (WEB)

Jesus is so loving and so compassionate. He will not allow me to distract Him or divert Him. He knows my REAL pain and how to CURE the problem. He does not want to treat the symptoms – but go for the cure!

The Samaritan woman wants a cure for her immediate problem of embarrassment and acceptance in her community. Jesus wants to cure her spirit. Jesus sends His probe straight into her heart and reveals her pain.

The woman recognizes Jesus as more than a man. She gives Him the role of prophet. Then she brings in the old rift between Samaritans and Jews about where to worship. Jesus assures her that there will be a time when we will all get it and realize that we can worship God any where because we will realize that our whole life is about worshiping God. God wants us to worship Him in truth and with our whole spirit (vv. 19-24).

I believe this woman’s real pain and rejection begins with the deception that she has been rejected by God because of the ‘rules’ of the church. She feels that as a sinner, God has ‘written her off’! The real truth is that God sent His Son for sinners like her, like me (Matthew 9:12-13) to make us well. And Jesus tells her that – He is the Messiah that has come to give her the water of life.

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever. Psalm 23:6 (WEB)

Jesus will follow us into whatever pit of pain that we try to hide with goodness and love or grace and mercy. All I have to do is turn and say, “Yes, come and heal me.” And it is contagious. Others see the change and they want what I have – Jesus. People believed in Jesus because a woman they knew told what she knew about Him. An Evangelist. A church leader in a time when women just did not do that.

If you have a wound or a sore spot that has you spiritually limping, Jesus makes house calls and will come to you day or night with His cure. There isn’t anything too shocking or disgusting because all He sees is one of His children in pain.

 

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