That's not a bad prayer to pray by any means, we should be praying with confidence like that. But what happened to celebrating just one small interaction?
In life, when we focus on all the things that haven't been done, we forget the work that is actually being done.
As I reflect on a passage from John 4 that we read earlier this week in our bible study, the story about Jesus and the Samaritan Woman is something I can't get out of my head..
To sum up John chapter 4, Jesus was on a journey and he was on his way to Galilee. On his way to Galilee he made a pit stop in Samaria. In Samaria, Jesus knew that Jacob had a well there so he sat down wearily and exhausted from his walk. Soon a Samaritan woman approached him and he asked her to give him a drink from the well. This caught her off guard because Jews and Samaritans typically had nothing to do with each other.
Then Jesus and the woman got into a pretty significant conversation, where Jesus ultimately explains to her that anyone who drinks the water that is from God will experience a living water and have eternal life. Then as their conversation was wrapping up, Jesus tells the woman everything he knows about her and she learned quickly that Jesus was the Messiah.
Excited as all get out, she ran back to her village and started telling everyone what had just happened to her and what she experienced. Because the woman told the Samaritans that Jesus told her everything that she ever did, many of them believed in Jesus.
What sticks out to me even more is this:
When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days, long enough for many more to hear his message and believe. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world." (John 4:40-42)
Many Samaritans believed because they saw and heard Jesus as well. All because the lady was bold enough to ask Jesus a lot of questions, and then she was so excited she told everyone.
Many people believed because of the lady and Jesus' interaction. Not all people, scripture didn't say that all people believed, but many did.
So what is holding you back from sharing what God is doing in your life? One small interaction could change the lives of many people for all of eternity. Now I know it's easier said than done to talk about what God is doing in your life, but it's okay. If it makes you feel better, ask one of your friends... if it's alright that you share what God has been doing in your life.
Be bold, share your story!
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