Day: March 13, 2015

Jesus, the Interrupter

ReRead:   John 4:7-8

Friday 3/13/15   Day 21

Ponder:  Jesus says to this Samaritan woman, “Give me a drink.”  He is alone because the disciples have gone into the village to buy food. Jesus breaks the rules or “norms” of Jewish culture; Messiah speaks with a woman in public, engages in coversation with a Samaritan (Samaritans are dispised by Jews), and asks her for a drink from her jar which would make him ceremonially unclean by Jewish Law.  Have you ever noticed Jesus is indifferent to cultural “norms?” 

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Jesus, the Interrupter

ReRead:   John 4:6-7

Thursday 3/12/15   Day 20

Ponder:  Jesus is thirsty.  Even though he is sitting by the well, he has no bucket with which to draw water.  A Samaritan woman comes to the well in the hotest part of the day to draw water. This woman has been shunned and shamed by others; her lifestyle is unacceptable to them. She comes to the well at a time when the fewest people will be there; she does not want to be seen.  She would rather brave the heat, then deal with judgmental people. Jesus interrupts her plan to avoid community and asks, “Give me a drink.”  Does Jesus interrupt your plans?

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