Leaving Your Water Jar
Have you ever left some things behind to pursue something better? Do you have priorities that are different from God’s priorities for your life?
We have hopes and goals and go about our day pursuing our lives, and when we encounter Jesus along the way, our priorities change. Our priorities become the priority of Jesus.
The gospel of John tells us that when Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman at the well, “The woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 'Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?'” (John 4:28-29, ESV).
The Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. She was there at a specific place and time for a specific purpose. When she encountered Jesus, all of that changed. The woman was no longer concerned about her water jar or drawing water. Her priority became Jesus.
The Samaritan woman left that place, leaving her water jar behind, and went into the town and proclaimed Jesus, saying, 'Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?'
May we “leave our water jars behind” as we encounter Jesus in our lives, and may our priorities become the priority of Jesus.
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