On the Way, Thursday, August 26, 2010

Reading: John 4:4-15 ,  4Now he had to go through Samaria. 5So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 13Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." 15The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."

Acts 9:3-6, 3As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. 6"Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

As I speak to many men, there seems to be very few who are not extremely busy. We have a very difficult time “finding time” for ministry and seem to struggle even time find time for family. The thing is… Jesus was very good at meeting people’s needs on the way. If you notice the passage before John 4, Jesus didn’t tell his disciples that He was going to go to his ministry class near the well. It was simply on the way. Even the Good Samaritan story that we’ve review in a few different devotionals, he was “on the way”. Men, we don’t have to neglect being involved in ministry opportunities because of a busy schedule. God wants to use you “on the way”… on your way to pay for your gasoline, on the way to the dessert aisle, on your way to your desk at work, on your way to the hardware store. Wherever and whenever you’re on your way… He wants to use you to minster to others.

Is there someone who has a need that that you can meet “on the way”?

How can you make sure to have a heart and eyes for ministering to others today while you’re “on the way”?

REVIEW
 
Who were you able to minister to today?

How did it transpire and what impact did it make?