Lack of a Dipper February 26, 2015

¹¹ The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep." John 4:11 ESV

Noah had faith an built an arc even before he had ever experienced rain.  Abraham laid his son Isaac on an alter before God showed him the ram in the bushes.  Peter stepped out of the boat onto the water based on Jesus' word alone.  

In Matthew Jesus told his disciples, "I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Throughout the Bible faith is shown to be more than just a way to heaven.  It empowers puny humans to accomplish supernatural feats- Paul healed a man who had never walked, Peter walked on water, Joshua collapsed a city with horns and shouts.  In many of the stories where people perform miracles, there is one constant.  They are never told the "how".  God reveals what they should do and perhaps the outcome, but the how is not revealed.

In John 4, Jesus told the woman at the well “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”  The woman failed to see what Christ was offering her, but instead focused on the mechanics, the "how".  


“Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep."

How many blessings  have we missed in our lives because we get caught up in the how?  I would give to that ministry, but how will we pay our cable bill?  I would teach that Sunday school class, but how will I have time for all my Sunday afternoon chores?  We might profess to believe God can.  We might agree that God will.  But get caught up on needing to understand the how.

The how is His concern.  Our concern is obedience.  If we will obey, God will take care of the hows.