Daily Devotion, July 26, 2023

 

Devotion:

Read John 4:39-42.

This is at the end of the story of Jesus talking to the woman at the well. (If you have time, read the first thirty verses.) Because of his willingness to cross a religious/cultural/gender barrier, he made a profound difference in her life. Before this encounter with Jesus, she was a person who had very little hope and very little sense of connection with God or other people. When Jesus offered her the “living water” of a relationship with God, she was more than ready and willing to receive it. Her life changed forever.

She then immediately began to make a difference in the lives of others. She couldn’t wait to tell people all around town who she had met and what a change he had made in her. Her excitement convinced them to go and check Jesus out for themselves. And when they did, they also believed. Their lives were also changed.  

Does being a follower of Jesus Christ make a difference in your life? And just as importantly, how are you making a difference in the lives of other people because you are a follower of Christ?

Personal Worship Option:

Offer this prayer or one similar to it in your own words: Lord Jesus, thank you so much for the difference you have made and continue to make in my life. Guide me every day to make a difference in the lives of people around me, that I might help them come to know you. Amen.