All Things in God's TIME

John 4:1-20

Inspired thots:

1) The Lord Jesus never wanted to aggravate the people's discontent which leads to trouble. Upon hearing that having more people baptised (though done by his disciples) than John the Baptist might stir up the Pharisees' displeasure, He moved away to another place. This is 'turning the cheek', avoiding unnecessary confrontation before its time. (v1-3)

2) Jesus was all alone when he spoke with the Samaritan woman. Why did it require 12 people to go buy food? (v8) God has His own agenda. Learn to flow with God and watch Him work.

3) Man is concern with the physical ~ the temporal, while Jesus is concern about the spiritual ~ the Eternal. The Samaritan woman was talking about quenching thirst, while Jesus referred to the Holy Spirit (John 7:39) who leads man into the things of God for our future destination ~ heaven: eternal life.

4) Avoidance is always Man's weapon to deflect the unpleasant. The Samaritan woman used it too when she felt embarrassed with Jesus' true revelation of her. (v17-19)
We need to remember that God KNOWS ALL things; It is better He speaks to us DIRECTLY than through another person which will cause more embarrassment to self. God is so gracious; He doesn't want to embarrass us yet He wants to bring things to our attention that we may acknowledge and confess for better changes. That is God's true intention of revelation.