God Knows

Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come here.’

John 4:16

The Samaritan woman was minding her own business when she had an encounter with Jesus. He asked her for water, and she questioned Him because Jews didn’t deal with Samaritans. Jesus spoke to her about the living water in which she would never thirst again. She asked for this water, and Jesus told her to go get her husband. She replied, “I have no husband.” Jesus told her that she answered correctly because she had five husbands and the one she was with wasn’t her husband.

The Samaritan woman was not the only person in that day struggling with her relationships; however, she was the one Jesus chose to reveal Himself to in that city. She may have been an outcast because of her choices, but Jesus knew and made a way for her to know Him.

Jesus knew about her before she was at the well because nothing is hidden from His sight. He still asked her the question about her husband because she needed to speak the truth. Just like her, our hidden sins aren’t hidden from God. He sees everything and longs for us to come clean to ourselves and to Him.

God knows, and He doesn’t give up on those He loves. God knows, and He will do whatever it takes to bring us back to the place where we belong. God knows, but just as Jesus with the Samaritan woman, He’s not looking for an opportunity to beat our heads down in shame. He longs for us to come to the place of repentance and trust in Him for strength to overcome our weaknesses.

The woman’s testimony brought many Samaritans to come to know Jesus. Just as the Samaritan woman, we can be healed, set free, and used by God to draw many to Jesus when we are willing to speak the truth to Him because God already knows.