Jesus, Tired as He Was…

“So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar…and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water,

Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”

John 4:5-7

 

Jesus was tired from a long journey.

But He asked a woman for a drink of water.

His question was really more about drawing her into a conversation.

He was about to minister to her, and by extension, to the entire Samaritan town some might say He was just passing through.  

Yet there was purpose in every word Jesus spoke.

Today, for this Samaritan woman, was no exception.

Was Jesus tired?

Yes.

Did He allow that weariness to keep Him from being about His Father’s business?

No.

Sometimes our greatest opportunities to minister will present themselves at moments we may be tired from our ‘journey’.

For the sake of the person Jesus puts in your path, don’t let that fatigue rob you of pouring out what God has poured in for ‘such a time as this’.

There are always a million convenient reasons why returning that persons’ phone call can wait.

There are plenty of missed chances where we might say:

‘I’m sorry, can I catch up to you later?’ and then choose 40 winks over caring for a hurting person.

Certainly we all need rest and our Creator knows that.

But ministry isn’t all about ‘my convenience’.

It sometimes takes us out of the way and leads us into conversations when we might rather choose solitude.

Don’t miss the opportunities the Holy Spirit leads you to today!