Prophesying from the Starbucks again!

Okay, I haven’t done this in a while, so bear with me…time to get my preach on. Read the following passage from the book of John:

4 He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5 Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. 7 Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” 8 He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” 10 Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” 11 “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this is a very deep well. Where would you get this living water? 12 And besides, are you greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his cattle enjoyed?” 13 Jesus replied, “People soon become thirsty again after drinking this water. 14 But the water I give them takes away thirst altogether. It becomes a perpetual spring within them, giving them eternal life.” 15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me some of that water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to haul water.” 6 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her. 17 “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—18 for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now.” 19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet. 20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?” 21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father here or in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans know so little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews. 23 But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know the Messiah will come—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus told her, “I AM the Messiah!” (Emphasis mine) 27 Just then his disciples arrived. They were astonished to find him talking to a woman, but none of them asked him why he was doing it or what they had been discussing. 28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back to the village and told everyone, 29 “Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?” 30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him. 31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus to eat. 32 “No,” he said, “I have food you don’t know about.” 33 “Who brought it to him?” the disciples asked each other. 34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.” (Emphasis mine)


The passage above is one that I’ve read many many times. It has ministered to me when dealing with feelings of addictions I can’t shake (food, etc); wanting to hear God, and wanting to know that God truly cares about me. I usually read farther into the passage, but for today I stopped where I did for a reason. Jesus told this woman that He knew her. He knew her past, and her present. She had never met this man, and so how could He know her if He wasn’t God? Did you see the last line? Did you see that Jesus received nourishment (aka food) from her believing? Read the last few lines again and see if you see it now.

God doesn’t need food, but at a few times He has eaten with people. One time in particular with Abraham, God (along with two angels) came to the tent where he was staying to speak to him regarding Sodom and Gomorrah, and He actually ATE with Abraham (Genesis 18). Imagine eating with the Creator! What would you feed Him that would be worthy?! No mere food on earth is worthy for such an event, and certainly not some beef, yogurt, and bread, but yet God says in Psalm 50:12-14: 12 If I were hungry, I would not mention it to you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.13 I don't need the bulls you sacrifice; I don't need the blood of goats.14 What I want instead is your true thanks to God; I want you to fulfill your vows to the Most High. God doesn’t desire sacrifices of us. No, He wants our honest and serious worship. He wants our hearts aligned with His. Our will aligned with His. Our trust put in His. Our hands infused with His. Our time spent with Him. When we do that, blessings will overflow.

Also in the passage above, did you see when Jesus revealed Himself to the woman (v.26)? She said that she was waiting for the Christ to come…and He replied…

“I AM the Messiah!”

Can you imagine being that woman? Your jaw HITTING the floor! I think I probably would have been speechless, in awe, and then passed out. How would you have reacted? Gut check time.

Thank you for listening to me ramble. And thank you, Belinda, for again giving me the morning off to come sit in my favorite Starbucks, relax, having to only worry about myself this Friday morning, and getting the chance to put another blog out there in cyberspace, with my thoughts generated by this high octane quad grande pumpkin spice, a book on fasting, and the Bible.

God bless you guys this Friday, and have a great weekend.
E
“The Starbucks Prophet”

(Starbucks is my muse)