There are so many people who regret about their past, but I want to tell you don’t regret because your messed past will be your Message in future.
In John 4, we see a woman who was messed up in life. You see this woman came to well to fetch water at 12pm, I was thinking why this woman came to fetch water at that odd time? I’ll tell you because she had a problem.
What was the problem? She was talk of the town because she had 5 husbands and one more man (boyfriend), everywhere she went the people were talking about her, probably some mock, some make fun of her other thoughts she was worst woman of the town.
When she came to well, she found a Jewish man by the well. She thought this man don’t know anything about me so no problem let’s go and fetch water as she went close to it, this Jewish man (Jesus) asked her for a drink. After hearing him she began to speak about rules and regulations, good and bad, high and low caste. . . . . . .
After hearing to her Jesus talks about the living water, Jesus said ‘If you drink this water you will thirst again but if you drink the water I give you, you will never thirst because this water will become a spring in within, but everyone who drinks the water of the well he/she will thirst again.
When this woman came to know that there shouldn’t be any reason for her to come to well, she said please give me because she is coming to well with fear and shame because of her sinful life.
She asked Jesus “Lord please give me this water”, Jesus said ok I will give you, only if you bring your husband. She said’ Lord I don’t have a husband’. Jesus said you have told the truth on this and told her about her problem, after few minute of conservation she came to known the person with whom she was talking is a Messiah!
After she came to know about the person who is in their town, she dropped the pot that was in her hand and went to the people and told them about Messiah.
I want you to have a close look at this situation, she came to know about messiah the first thing she did was, she went back to the town. Her whole life she was running away from the people but when she had an encounter with Jesus the Messiah, she went to people and told them, ‘come and see a man who told me everything I ever did’ Bible says, many people in that village received Jesus because of that one sinful woman.
God used this woman’s past life to be a message for the people of Samaria to receive Jesus. This is the same with you; God will use your past life to save the people who are around you now. Your life itself is the great message you will ever preach to bring people in the kingdom of God, because you know what you have gone through, you know how you came out of the situation you were in, God will use the same experience to bring the people you are in that situation.
Remember your mess will be your message tomorrow.
God bless you,
Jeevan and Leena
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