John 4:7-11
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
Think of the depths of human nature, of human life, think of all the wells inside of you. Have you restricted the impact of Jesus’ ministry so that He can do nothing? Let’s say you’re going through trouble in your heart and Jesus comes and says, ‘Let not your heart be troubled…’ (John 14), but you shrug your shoulders and say, ‘Lord, the well is deep, there’s nothing good you can draw out of my life…
You know what; you’re absolutely correct > Jesus doesn't draw anything out of you – He draws them from Heaven down to you! Jesus doesn't bring anything up from human nature…
Matthew 13:53-58
53 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables that He departed from there. 54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?” 57 So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” 58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
We limit His ministry the moment we forget He is Almighty; the impoverishment is in us, not in Him. We will come to Jesus as Comforter or as Sympathizer, but we will not come to Him as Almighty.
In the encounter this woman has with Jesus, she puts Him on the same level as herself – she tells Him, ‘You have nothing to draw with…’ in other words – SHE DOES, but He doesn't, so how can He help her? Ever been there?
You've got plans and ideas to change your circumstances, yet you believe that Jesus doesn't…how can He help you then? You forget,
GOD CAN DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING…you lower Him to your abilities…
Jeremiah 32:26-27
26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?
The reason some of us are such poor specimens of Christianity is because we have no Almighty Christ. We have Christian attributes and experiences, but there is no abandonment to Jesus Christ. When we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish His ministry by saying – "Of course He cannot do anything," and we struggle down to the deeps and try to get the water for ourselves.
No matter how deep you drop your pitcher, you will Never find what you're looking for...within yourself...you're gonna have to look Up and pull the blessings of God down...
At the end of this discourse with Jesus - the Bible says that she left her water pot to tell the others (Jhn. 4:28). When will you ever leave your water pot? You must be frustrated trying to get into the depths of your own soul, especially knowing that Jesus can deposit His goodness in you from above, but you must be humble and cooperative to allow this!
My wife and I had the privilege of traveling to San Diego CA, then on to Mexicali Mexico to witness the nuptials of my Brother in Law (Danny Camacho)! This was a momentous occasion but it came with a sweet surprise - that is...and impromptu 'Family Reunion' with my wife's family...it was amazing...
