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Does Your Jesus Have a Bucket?

                 John 4 contains a picture that every Christian must see and understand if they want to relate to Christ properly.
                The scene opens with Jesus talking to a woman as he sits beside a well near a Samaritan village.  During their visit, Jesus mentions that he could give her something called “living water”.  More than a little confused, she responds, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep.  Where can you get this living water?  Are you greater than our father Jacob…?” (verses 11-12).  Do you hear what she is saying?  She is saying, “You do not even have a bucket!  You cannot do anything!” 
                Pause here:  I think many people see Jesus exactly this way.   They believe that Jesus is nice and a good guy to have hanging around.  However, when it comes to the practical issues in life, he is of little use.  He does not have a bucket!   If anything is going to get done, fixed or accomplished, it is going to happen because we are working.  We have the bucket.  All Jesus can do is watch.  He cannot, and will not, contribute anything towards our every day concerns.
                How do I know that we think this way?   We worry!  We act as if we are completely alone and that we must fix everything.  Although, many times, we are told otherwise (See Luke 12:22-34), we really do not believe that Jesus has a bucket!
                I love Jesus’ response.  He says, “The water I give will become a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (verse 14).   Note the words “welling up”.   Not only could Jesus supply what this woman needs, those blessings would bubble up and overflow in her life both now and eternally.  They could not be contained! 
                Interestingly, once she understands, she runs and tells everyone she knows.  Maybe, if we saw Jesus properly, we would share that joyful message too.
                Do you believe that Jesus cares about what you are going though?  Do you know that he can help? 
                Jesus is not waiting to meet you someday.  Rather, he is walking with you right now and can flood your life with his providential care if you let him.
                “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).

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