A QUESTION REMAINS

John 4:25-30
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

25 The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus told her, “I Am the Messiah!”

27 Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” 28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” 30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.


Even after Jesus makes the declaration, “I AM…”, the Samaritan woman still has a question. “Could he possibly be the Messiah?”

She didn’t come to the well that morning expecting an encounter with the “I AM”. She certainly didn’t anticipate that the Messiah would have a conversation with her about drinking water. Yes, maybe about her sin but not about thirst quenching living water. Even though the question remained, she knew something was special about this one who said, “ I AM.” She left her water jar. She ran all the way back. She told everyone. Her excitement must have been contagious. The people came to see.

Are you excited when you tell people about Jesus? Is your enthusiasm about your Savior contagious? Do you not let questions from your human limitation stand in the way as you run to tell others about what you do know … what you believe … about the Son of God?

We certainly would not want to follow the example of the lifestyle of the Samaritan woman but we can all benefit from the example of her response to the “I AM.”