Encounter With The Christ

John 4:28-29 So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”


This woman was one of the people that invited others to "Come and see!" She was so impressed by the encounter with Jesus that she left without the water jars. She had walked all the way out from the city in the heat of the day to bring back water and then wasted the trip by leaving the water jars. It is clear that her whole sense of priority had changed in the midst of this conversation.  She was so changed by the event that this woman, who was living in sin and therefor isolated from her community, was all of a sudden an effective witness. 


Have you encountered that Jesus? The natural reaction to an encounter with Jesus is the same as the woman at the well. Such an encounter changes us and creates a new set of priorities. Such an encounter creates such joy that we can't help showing our new joy to others. Such an encounter creates a desire in us to invite others to, "Come and see!" Who have you invited to come and see? If you have great, if not maybe you need a new encounter with Jesus.