Monday,
January 12, 2026
HE KNOWS YOU
John 4:29
29 Come, see a man, which told
me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Coming to the well at the sixth hour, about twelve noon,
a Samaritan woman executed her daily duty of drawing fresh water from an old
well. She had settled into a more or less comfortable relationship with a man
who was not her husband. After so many husbands and so many failures this
relationship had simply skipped the formality of clergy.
What was she thinking as she arrived at the well? Was she
full of remorse at the life she had lived or had she long ago simply stopped
thinking about it? Was she hopeful that today she would find some great
treasure or was she simply surrounded by the same dust and well and town as
yesterday? We can only guess.
There sits a man upon the well and he looks weary. For a moment a spark of
sympathy may have surged through her, but she quickly dismissed it because this
man was a Jew. Now he speaks, “Give me to drink!” Perhaps she suddenly thought
that she had found yet another man who had a thirst for her to quench! Perhaps
hurt and anger boiled up inside her. Maybe tenderness had not completely died
and so she turns to reply. “How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of
me, which am a woman of
The feud between the Jews and Samaritans might have caused her to
ponder two questions. First, why would this man ask for a drink?
It was the pride of the Jew that made him endure whatever hardship necessary to
avoid the Samaritans. Next, she wonders why this man would expect to receive
a drink from a Samaritan. It was a wonder that he would even speak to her.
The man speaks again, “If thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living water.” Now the Jewish pride is
revealed, she thinks, and so she responds by pointing out the obvious, “Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast
thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us
the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?” That
should silence this pouch of pride!
There is a brief conversation about some kind of “living
water” which she dismisses as fantasy but then the man speaks again and this
time it cuts her to her soul! “Go, call thy husband, and come back.” Call my
husband, indeed, which one? Besides, I have no husband! This is something he
obviously does not know!
She explains that she has no husband and then this man climbs
inside her heart and stomps around when he says, “Thou hast well said, I have
no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is
not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.”
With tears too dry to spill forth, she wonders out loud if he is
a prophet. She had heard that Messiah would come and when he came he would be
able to tell all things. Then the most amazing thing spills out of the mouth of
this most unusual man. He says, “I that speak unto thee am he!”
While she thought this over several other men came and interrupted the
conversation. She was glad for the disconnection because she was anxious to
tell others about this curious man. She did not realize that she had left her
water pot.
Now, here are some things for
us to consider this morning!
Ø The most ordinary days may
hide a great treasure!
Ø The most casual conversation
may cut you to the heart!
Ø Jesus knows us more thoroughly
than we know ourselves!
She said to the men of the city, “Come, see a man, which told
me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?” He didn’t, you know! He
did not tell her everything; just those things she thought were well
hidden. She had no doubt that he knew more – much more.
Ps 139:1-3
O LORD, thou hast searched me,
and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting
and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and
my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Thank you, Lord, that even
though you know me you still love me. Help me to approach my many “wells” today
with great expectation. AMEN
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