Give Me A Drink

Jesus asks the samaritan woman for a cup of water. This is the greatest paradox in the Bible. Jesus never asked anything from anyone. He always gives but rarely asks for something from others. Jesus comes to the most broken person and expects something from her. The broken person has nothing(in herself) to give to Jesus, but Jesus still approaches her to ask something. Jesus can approach a person who has everything and ask something. But Jesus still approaches a person (in her brokenness) and expects something – expects his need to be met. This is how Jesus deals with broken people. This is Jesus' way of blessing His people.

Jesus expects us to give what little we have left (for His need) until we are empty, and then he gives us his full portion of blessings, which will be enough to meet our needs as well as the needs of many others. Jesus expects that we become empty, and once we are empty, he is ready to fill us completely to the brim.

Jesus knows that the broken person cannot satisfy Jesus’s need, but still he goes to that broken person expecting something. This expectation (expecting something) creates an avenue for Jesus to enter their lives and bestow his blessings. Jesus wanted to give the Samaritan Woman living water, but his expectation of "Give me a drink" created an avenue for Jesus to enter her life. So many times, when we ourselves are in a great need, Jesus expects us to do something for others, because it creates an avenue for Jesus to bless us. Even if you are unable to meet Jesus' need completely, your attempt to do so opens the door for Jesus to bless your life. Jesus checks to see if we are withholding what little we have left. Give what little that is left and receive your blessing.

When you are in desperate need, use whatever little you have left to meet Jesus’s need, which in turn will satisfy your own need. Jesus sharing his need with you, when you yourself are in a desperate need (You are also in a position unable to fulfil God's need) is an avenue or opportunity created by Jesus to bless you and make you a blessing for others. History tells of many broken people who, despite their brokenness, with the little they had, met God's need and made history. Their needs were met, and they became a blessing to many others.

Even Sadhu Singh had a similar experience – “Once on a dark night I went alone into the forest to pray, and seating myself upon a rock I laid before God my deep necessities, and besought His help. After a short time, seeing a poor man coming towards me I thought he had come to ask me for some relief because he was hungry and cold. I said to him, “I am a poor man, and except this blanket I have nothing at all. You had better go to the village near by and ask for help there.” And lo! even whilst I was saying this he flashed forth like lightning, and, showering drops of blessing, immediately disappeared. Alas! Alas! it was now clear to me that this was my beloved Master who came not to beg from a poor creature like me, but to bless and to enrich me (2 Cor. viii.9), and so I was left weeping and lamenting my folly and lack of insight.”

Jesus comes with his need to a broken person( in his brokenness), not to burden him, but to bless him and make him a blessing for others. Meeting Jesus’s need in your lack and brokenness creates an avenue for Jesus to bless you and become a blessing to many others.