First Class Singles IV

Jesus meeting the lady in Samaria at Jacob’s well is an important concept because it showcases how he meets us where we are. He engages a woman according to tradition he should not interact with, in conversation. He then asks her to go and bring her husband and she says she has none. Then he tells her about herself. It is obvious that she is needy because she’s been married 5 times. She probably thought “I can feel good about myself if I change men”, that’s why she was living with the 6th man who she wasn't even married to.

Jesus is saying to you today, you’re looking for love in all the wrong places. Drink of me, you won’t thirst anymore. Isaiah 54:5 says, 'Your maker is your husband' and God is a jealous God who is unwilling to share us with any rival. He wants us for himself. To whom or to what are you married? Does your maker have your undivided love? Or does your church or your fellowship have first place in your heart? Or are you married to your career, or your work, or your ministry?

God is saying, I’ll fill that cup. You won’t need a man, clothes, shoes, alcohol, drugs or pornography, if you drink of me. I will give you complete acceptance. You need to shut down the computer, computer games and TV and anything else that grabs your attention and spend time in my word. Let me fill that void, so you can be a whole person, that’s why I died on the cross. He came so that we may have life. As a first class single, people should be attracted to us because we are vibrant and full of life.

We all have so many issues we looking for people to solve and baggage for people to offload. Everyone who is not a christian is doing that, so as a christian you can't be that way. We must be the opposite, a problem solver and a baggage reliever to non-christians. That's how we will look different to them and they will want what you have, which is God in our lives. Every time we experience rejection in a relationship we run back to God asking him to make us a whole person. We shouldn’t be people running from one relationship to another and not healed or having people use and abuse us just so we are "with someone". We should say “Lord I need to stay at your feet” and stay there till he sends the right one who will appreciate and nurture us.

By Cheryl Martin
Edited by Susan Majek