No More Jars

 
3/14/10 BGC Rev. Johnson
No More Jars
John 4:28-29
Christ encounter moves you from indiscretion to influence
the fastest way to promotion is to exert influence
when you feel alone its because he is moving others away so that he can communicate with you and you can hear him
the woman from the passage entire journey shifted after encounter with Jesus
the woman avoided others (it was the practice for the woman to go early in the morning to fill their water jars and she went alone at the hotest point in the day which indicates that she was ostricized maybe because of her many excursions with the men of the town)
 1. Jesus presented her with a different kind of water (water represents life flowing to abundance) life: active exchange (God placed an agent in you that activates in adversity)
 2. he offered a different source (if the enemy can cut off your source he can beat you i.e. in today's time in combat the enemy will cut off communication in those times they would cut off the regions water supply by dropping rocks in a well or levying the river or stream) God wants to install a spring in you (a spring is difficult to see but you can hear it, it never stops running, and it does not adjust its flow for anything)
 3. he changed her (producer) he gave her the ability to move from consumer to producer (if you drink enough water eventually you will have to go to the bathroom and let it out and "holding" it changes your behavior) he wants to get enough of the Spirit inside you that you have to let it out.