Jesus Loves You Too Much to Leave You Comfortable

When something hurts, we reach for a band-aid. When somebody's uncomfortable in a room, we rush to smooth it over. We hate irritants, so we cover them up and move on.

Jesus doesn't do that.

He sits at a well, and there she stands — five husbands behind her, a man who isn't her husband at home, and a whole town's worth of whispers following her around. She wants water. Just water, and an easy trek home. And who could blame her?

But Jesus loves her too much to leave her comfortable. So He says, "Go, call thy husband, and come hither." He doesn't bring up her past to shame her. He brings it up because if she's going to repent, there has to be a look back. You are a sinner. That's the most loving thing He could say to her.

When we witness, we want to close the deal. Run the numbers up. Get people to bow their heads and repeat a prayer. But Jesus never closed a deal in His life. He won't manipulate a soul into the kingdom with word salad. He waits and lets her bring up the Messiah. And only then does He say, "I that speak unto thee am he."

You can't be healed by a wound you won't admit you have. The grace of God doesn't pat your sin on the head. It names it, then offers you living water anyway.

Stop reaching for the band-aid. Let Jesus open the wound. He's not there to embarrass you — He's there to save you.

Hear the whole encounter at the well — listen to the full sermon on John 4:

Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee

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