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DAY 6: Grace for the Outcast

Have you ever felt like an outcast? Did you know Jesus was misunderstood, falsely accused, mocked, and betrayed? Not only were these things done, but they were done by His closest friends and the community He graciously served. Jesus did not shy away from the marginalized because He experienced what it meant to be one.

In the time of Jesus’s life, the Samaritans were the ultimate outcasts. On one of His journeys, He bee-lined it straight into the heart of no man’s land. He knew what He was doing and who He was going to meet at Jacob’s well.

Jesus talking to a Samaritan was scandalous, but talking to a Samaritan woman seemed outright crazy. There He is, the perfect Rabbi, sitting next to her, asking for water because He is thirsty, and then offering her the everlasting water of eternal life. She doesn’t get it at first. She is caught up in the mess of her life, and Jesus keeps pouring out grace.

Our soul was made with an insatiable appetite that can only be satisfied with the everlasting God. This is why when you try to fill your soul with sex, stuff, and status, it may feel good for a little while, but there is a hole in the bottom of the boat. Eventually, this hole in the boat will drain everything out.

The woman at the well was living in sin, cast out from her community, and suffering. Jesus knew it all. He knew her deepest, darkest secrets and was not embarrassed by her. He knows your deepest, darkest secrets too, and He is not ashamed of you. He doesn’t want you defined by your scars but by His scars. The woman eventually trusts what Jesus is saying and runs to tell the town. God uses a woman with a shameful past to start a revival! Will you bring your mess into the light so He can use it to share the greatest message of all time?