Gems from the Word: No one can keep secrets from God
They say women can keep a secret – it just takes more of them to keep it.
Have you ever had a reason to keep something a secret from “them”? You know, it just happened, and you didn’t mean to get involved and then, there you were. Most all of us started off thinking this must be the greatest relationship I’d ever been involved in and then overnight it just turned into a real nightmare.
In the 4th chapter of John’s gospel, we read a story like this. Jesus was traveling down this dusty road when he got thirsty and saw a well in the distance. As they approached it, he sent his buddies off to the nearest convenience store for food.
Just then one of the local girls came by to fetch a pail of water. To start a conversation with her, he asked for a glass of water. Right away she realized he must be from out of town because everyone in town knew her secret.
When he, in turn, offered her what he called, “Living Water,” he said with this you’ll never have to keep sneaking out at noontime when none of the other ladies would be there to question her about the latest love affair she was having.
An then, to her surprise, he told her he knew the man she was living with was not her husband.
He also said she didn’t have to change churches but could worship God right in her heart, in spirit and truth. You can know this same God, who knows all about you and still loves you.
Dick Ross, a former preacher, is now active with Outreach Warren County.