The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 4:1-6, “Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),
3 He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.
4 And He had to pass through Samaria.
5 So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
6 and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.”

One of the most moving experiences in Israel is the visit to Jacob’s well. For one thing, it is undeniably authentic. Think about it. Jacob and Joseph were at one time physically there! Undoubtedly, they drank cool water from that very well. And that Samaritan woman was there. But most excitingly, Jesus Himself had been there! I dropped a rock into the well and thought it would never hit the water. The well is over 130 feet deep.

The Jews usually by-passed the route through Sychar because the “Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans.” But Jesus intentionally took the route through Samaria because He knew that woman would be there. It was about noon (the sixth hour) and she was there to draw water. The moral women of the city drew their water in the cool of the day. Those who were of immoral reputation drew water in the heat of the day. Nevertheless, Jesus cast conventional thought aside and declared Himself to her as the Savior of those who believe. She did believe and her witness brought still others to faith in Jesus!

I once heard a preacher say that Jacob dug that well to be “rocked it up for posterity.” Then Jesus used it as a pulpit to preach the Gospel to that spiritually lonely Samaritan woman. How many times the LORD creates opportunities for us! Often we’re forced to cross barriers of convention to share the love of Jesus!

Not everyone has been privileged to visit Jacob’s well. But each of us who knows Him as LORD can share His love with others. Do you know Him? Are you sharing Him and His love with others? You are in my prayers. I trust that I am in yours as well.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom