The Woman at the Well
2003 : Week 2

When the Lord put the idea for “Still Small Voice” in our hearts, He made it clear the purpose would be to glorify Him and spread His truth. We gave the Website over to God and let Him shape it. Many people contributed ideas to help us create the Site you see; we thank them for the input.

We want to give people as much information about God as we can, this means getting it from as many Godly sources as possible. God made it clear that we should not be the sole contributors to this Site. He has given each Christian a passion, desire and love to serve Him, but we all have walked a different path. We all have a different story, and God has taught us different lessons.

We want you to share the lessons the Lord has taught you and the passion He has placed in your heart; we want you to submit devotions to us. We would love to put them out for the readers of this Site to learn from; this is the most exciting part of the Website for us. We’re sure there are verses the Lord has used to bless you, and they are illuminated in your hearts; share this revelation with the readers of “Still Small Voice.”

The Samaritan woman is an example of what one person’s story and Godly revelation can do. Jesus meets her at a well, and she knows there’s something very different about this Man. First of all, she’s stunned when He talks to her, because she was a Samaritan woman. The Jews did not like the Samaritans, and Jewish men, at that time, rarely talked to woman they did not know, while in public.

Jesus is not bound by human traditions, and He sets aside the squabble between Jews and Samaritans; He’s concerned with her soul and her salvation. She doesn’t know what to make of Him. They’d never met, but He knew she had been married five times and was now living with someone else. After they talk awhile longer, Jesus reveals that He is the Messiah.

Her reaction is the important lesson for us. She doesn’t keep the encounter to herself; she hurries back to town to tell the people what had happened. She had met this wonderful Man claiming to be the Messiah. He had told her things about her life, and He cared for her. God lit a fire in her heart, and she did not hide it.

This is a woman of courage. No doubt, with five husbands and living with another man, she was looked at as an outcast. No doubt, there were those who snickered at her when she tried to tell them about the Messiah, “What can you possibly tell us about the Messiah?” However, she continues to tell her story, and it has an amazing impact.

The people felt her passion, and they went out to see Jesus for themselves. The story makes it clear; ‘many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified.’ Her passion changed the lives of many in Samaria:
One woman…an outcast
One meeting…a divine appointment
One soul…saved
One passion…ignited
One message…‘The Messiah, has come’
Many lives…changed eternally.

We invite you to share your passion for God on our Site. We invite you to do it as often as you’d like; it might make an eternal difference in someone’s life. The philosophy is simple; none of us can take credit for what the Holy Spirit has put in our hearts; the praise goes to the Lord. All we can do is be faithful, like the woman at the well, and relay God’s message to others. In the end, we're all just letter carriers, delivering messages from God, and neither rain nor snow...

May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you today and always…


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