John 4:25-30 (New Living Translation)
The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus told her, “I Am the Messiah!” Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
God has granted each of us with incredible opportunity and influence that we are called to leverage to make the name of Jesus famous in our world. As I sit here and think about the message God has placed on my heart for students tomorrow night at AMP*D, I keep asking, "God what must we drop or leave behind so we can leverage our testimony to bring a generation to you?" For the Samaritan woman, she left her water jar, or her mask that she was hiding behind at the well and ran to the village with her testimony of the encounter with Jesus, and because of that, people met Jesus! She had influence on her culture, she lived in the culture and had a life changing encounter with Jesus while in her culture!!! She removed the mask, tasted the living water that satiated her soul then allowed that to permeate through her hands and feet!!! Oh, how I pray that would be our lives...that we would drink from the cup that quenches all thirst and leverage the influence of the Gospel as it flows out of our lives to a culture that is thirsty! What mask do you need to remove, what is your water jar?
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