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JACOB'S WELL

As Jesus journeyed   from Judea to Galilee, He passed through Samaria.  As He traveled through that country, He came to the city of Sychar, which was part of the parcel of land given by the patriarch Jacob to His son Joseph.  In this location was Jacob’s well, which still exists to this day.  The group stopped at the well, and Jesus sat down to rest from the journey while His disciples went into the city to buy provisions.    As Jesus sat there on the well, there came a Samaritan woman to draw water from the well.  Jesus, looking at her, said, “Give Me to drink.” (John 4:7).   The woman, surprised that a Jew would speak to her, said, “How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” (John 4:9).   Jesus’ response transcended the simple conversation that they were having, and went straight to the spiritual level.  He said, “If thou knewest the gift of...
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BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW THING

We often act as though we have figured God all out.   We expect for Him to operate only in certain ways that we are accustomed to.   As He has moved for us in the past, so we expect for Him to move now and in the future.   Often, however, He chooses methods that are totally unexpected to us, and we are forced to think of God in ways we never have before.   At such times the ground under us may seem unstable, and we are forced to walk by faith rather than by sight.   This is good, though.   Without such changes in our lives we will not have opportunities to grow and to learn that it is He that is leading us , and not the reverse.   When the Apostle Peter saw Jesus walking on the water in the midst of a stormy sea (see Matthew 14:22-32), it shattered all of Peter’s usual conceptions about the Lord.   He was forced to question whether this was really the One that he thought he had known up to now - “Lord, if it be Thou…”.   With one word fr...
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SONSHIP

“And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” (Genesis 1:26).   From the very beginning God created man in His own image, and after His own likeness.  He did not leave this task up to man to accomplish on his own, but He undertook it Himself.   "Let us make man in our image..."  This image, or likeness, did not refer so much to Adam's physical appearance as much as it did his purity of spirit and moral character.  Adam was sinless and innocent before his Maker.  His soul was a clean mirror into which the Creator could gaze and see His own nature reflected.  In every respect, Adam was a son of his Father, and it could be said of him, "Like Father, like son."  Sadly, Adam chose to break the Father's commandment; and, as a result, sin cause...
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