What is it that defines who you are?
Is it your career? Your title? Your family name? Your bank account? Your degrees?
I guess, we will all answer this question in our own way and with our own emphasis. However, I find it interesting that when we meet Jesus, a lot of these things change. They no longer define us. We may still keep some of these things (job, family, titles etc.), but they don't have to define us anymore.
Coming back to the John 4 account of the Samaritan woman, did you notice how, in her hurry, she left the water jug behind? John tells us: “Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town…” (John 4:28)
There could be a few reasons as to why she leaves it behind, but I am moved by Tim Keller's take on this. He says: “When you encounter the real Jesus, the things that once defined your life no longer hold the same power.”
Her life had changed. Her encounter with Jesus showed her that she was loved and that she had a purpose. It was not just fetching water at midday that would define her but telling others that she had met the Messiah.
Living in Grace
D3LM3
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