Day 12 Matthew 4:1-42
This study again takes me to this same passage. You could probably camp here for a lifetime with so much content. The header for this passage in yesterday’s study simply said “The unlikely witness”. The intended focus was to show that once cleaned, any vessel could carry the Living Water as well as have the source within them.
The header today reads “The Expected Result”. Jesus intentionally went into Sychar because there was as specific purpose. There was a woman there which Jesus could use to reach others and he sought her out. It was no accident that Jesus just so happened to be resting at this point when she appeared at the well.
God sends rain upon the Earth for both the Wicked and the Righteous. There is grace abounding in every action and only providence can see the purpose with clarity.
As we go forth, know that in God’s eyes we already stand before Him with a stone in our hands. Upon this stone is the name he has given us which no other yet knows. Look upon this rock and see it written. No more will there be Smith, Cooper or Miller. Gaze at your name and realize what it means. Perhaps it is Faithful, Loving, Joyful, Peacemaker, Meek, Pure, Patient, Broken, Merciful, Gentle, Temperate or simply Son. Regardless of the name, it has been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. When you gaze upon your stone it will have been written there too. Now, go live up to it because we were sought out for a purpose too.
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