The book of John is just tearing me up. God is showing me things that I've never noticed before. It's hecka crazy!In John 4 when Jesus talks to the Samaritan woman at the well... she wigs out and runs and starts rounding up people to come and hear Jesus. I love John 4:30 - "so the people came streaming from the village to see Him."Then check out what the "streaming people" say to the woman who initially told them about Jesus...John 4:39-42 - "Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, "He told me everything I ever did! Then they said to the woman, 'Now we believe because WE have heard Him OURSELVES, not JUST because of what you told us. He is indeed the Savior of the world.'"Think
about it.The Samaritan woman had gone back and told her community about Jesus and the things He did in her life, yet that wasn't enough for the people to simply believe... they wanted to experience Jesus themselves!That's why I think encountering God is so stinkin' important. It's not enough to just TELL people about Jesus, they have to experience them for themselves.Quote for Today's BLOG:"We have received life, yet this life and the head are inseparable. Upon
our accepting Him, we still must live in Him. Though we have received
Him, we are yet to depend on Him. Accordingly, we cannot be independent
in anything. The Lord alone is head, and He is the sole resource of our
life." - Watchman Nee