Today's promise: The whole earth will hear
Homesick for God
The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back
to the village and told everyone, "Come and meet a man who told me
everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?" So the people came
streaming from the village to see him.
John 4:28-30 NLT
How many people have you made homesick for God?
Oswald Chambers
(1874-1917)
Spread the good
news
The Samaritan woman was so amazed by Jesus and his
revelations about who he was and about the secrets of her heart and life that
she forgot her water jar — the very reason she'd come to the well — and rushed
back to the village to tell others about the "man" she had met. Up
and down the streets she shared the good news about Jesus, for she had seen the
Lord, the Messiah! Having received the living water, a perpetual spring within
her that gave her eternal life (v. 14), she wanted others to know him too. So
the people began streaming from the village to see him, eager to meet this
incredible man who told people the secrets of their hearts.
Sharing with others what Jesus had done in us and for us
stirs up interest in those who don't know him. His revelation in our lives
draws to him people who desire to have him work in their lives as he does in
ours. With whom could you share the Good News today? Ask the Lord to make you
sensitive to his working in the lives of others, and be ready to share the hope
that's within you.
LORD, forgive me for times when my excitement over knowing
you has waned. I want others to know you and experience your work in their
lives. Use me to spread the Good News. I pray that I will be so amazed by what
you reveal to me today that I won't hesitate to share my hope with those who
don't yet know you.
Adapted from The One
Year® Book of Praying through the Bible by Cheri Fuller, Tyndale
House Publishers (2003), entry for May 5.
Content is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living
Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House
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