BY THE WELL, BUT IT'S NOT WELL

BY THE WELL, BUT IT'S WELL

I came across an interesting story in the book of john chapter 4, where JESUS was moving from Judea to galilee because the Pharisees had taken notice of his unprecedented increase in winning and baptizing souls unto GOD.

Something struck me about this journey. JESUS being the leader saw the need to draw HIS disciples away from the famous trouble makers in Judea, that is the Pharisees, and to accomplish this ,HE took them on a voyage to Galilee.

The bible says in verse 4 of the chapter that HE must needs go through Samaria, meaning there was a special purpose for routing Samaria.

The story continues in the verse 5, where he goes to Sychar a town in Samaria. Sychar in the Greek is Suchar which has its origin from the word Shekar meaning an intoxicant that is, highly alcoholic. At an intoxicant area, the bible says JESUS was weary.

Intoxicant (Sychar) here represents discomfort. JESUS in Sychar can be likened to fixing a square peg in a round whole. The man had so much purity in HIM that such an intoxicated area  should have been an allergy to HIM. At this point HE could have used the help of HIS disciples yet they  had left HIM in pursuit of food and HE was left alone in discomfort.

Many a time, this is the case with our leaders both in church and at work. They are always there to support us and give us the necessary dosages of encouragement to rise again unto our feet, but they are left alone in such situations.  This is for another day.

 Keenly following the story, the disciples returned with what they thought would help JESUS, that is, food. Then said HE to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know not about’, in other words the reason why they left HIM was irrelevant, because if it was for food then HE had food they knew not about.

Once again, I was hoping that scriptures would have captured where JESUS finally drunk from the well, or from the ladies bucket so as to quench HIS thirst and revive HIMSELF from weariness, but we only saw HIM prepared and excited about the food the disciples knew not, which HE was about to eat.

JESUS got weary, and landed in discomfort because HE had not gone about HIS FATHER’S business, which happens to be the purpose for HIS very existence. Just some hours, or days off HIS purpose, the bible says HE grew weary. To get back HIS strength HE looks out for the opportunity in the woman at the well to reach out to people.

 Your purpose on earth should be your source of encouragement and a point from which you draw your strength. The good book says  in Hebrews 12:2b, that  JESUS  for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross and despised the shame and has sat down on the right hand of GOD’S throne.

Don’t grow weary, keep up the good work ,  be focused and fulfil your purpose. Every second of your life counts. 

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