John 4: 16 Jesus saith unto her, "Go call thy husband, and come hither."
Don't get offended when Jesus gets deep down into your business. He is reaching after your thirst to save your soul. The woman of Sychar was popular among the men folks, perhaps; but not with the women, having discarded five of the men in the city as left-overs for them. Even the one she lived with at that time was not her husband. He could have been somebody else's, or a single man who shacked with her. Can you hear the inference of disapproval in Jesus's voice?
The Sychar woman was lonely. She didn't even want to go fetching water (v. 15). You can guess her joy at the prospect of never having to go water-fetching again, ever. But when Jesus presented her with that hope, she was thinking naturally, while he was thinking spiritually.
He told her to go bring her husband. That was an impossible proposition, but it was the revelation that made her recognize the divine in him. In order to take her to another level, he had to get up into her business. His divine insight brought out the religion in her. She changed the conversation to spiritual matters. That enabled Jesus to address the issue of how to worship God.
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Once that recognition was established, then and only then, Jesus pressed the message of salvation. The woman knew about God. She believed in the Messiah. All that was left was for her to acknowledge him: "I that speak to thee am he."
She accepted because she left her water-pot and went her way into the city to tell others about him.
Father, I confess my wrong choices. Forgive me for hurting You. Forgive me for hurting people I met in life. I want to live a clean life. Save me, Lord, and I'll live for You forever. In Jesus' s name I pray. Amen.
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