Here They Come!
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John 4:30
They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.
In John 3:35 we read, “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.” In John 3:27, John the Baptist said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.” In this verse, we should be encouraged of the Father’s love for His Son. The Father used the woman’s testimony to draw a group of men to Jesus. In the previous two verses, we learned that she went into Sychar and shared with the men. These men came out to see if Jesus was the Christ, as she had said.
The point I want to make is that these men were given to Jesus by the Father. He received them from His Father in heaven. When Jesus saw them coming, He experienced the love of His Father because He believed this great foundational truth: There is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and He is love. The Father was at work.
The same is true in our lives if we are living to love with Jesus. Every person who crosses our paths is being given by our Father to Jesus, who lives in us. The Father is still loving His Son like He did that day at the well. Consider how the scope of His love has expanded since He sent His Son to live in the hearts of His people. As we share the love of Christ, the Father draws millions to His Son. It’s happening all over the world simultaneously.
Today, the Father will probably give His Son in you, some people to love. As we relate to them, we are entering into the work of the Father and the Son. More than likely, it will first be people with whom we are most familiar, our family members, then probably people at work and in the communities in which we live. This verse encourages us to be alert and ready to love the Father and them with Jesus. Here they come!