November 23
2018
It’s a Personal Thing
So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His own word. Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.” John 4:4-42
When the woman at the well encountered Jesus, she returned to the village and told everyone about Him.
They, in turn, came to hear Jesus, inviting Him to stay two more days so they could hear Him.
At the end of their encounter they said,
“Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
They encountered Jesus for themselves.
They could have just taken the word of the woman at the well.
They could have believed what she said and based their belief on her experience, but they chose to hear Jesus for themselves.
In doing so, they entered into a personal relationship with Jesus.
It is good to share our experiences with Jesus with others, as that may be the point of encounter.
But it is necessary that each person experience Jesus for themselves, so that they can go away claiming Him as Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Our experience of Jesus is a very unique and personal thing.
Have you been experiencing Jesus through someone else’s encounter?
Take the time today, to deeper that experience for yourself.
It’s a personal thing!
