FAITH CAPSULE: A believer or unbeliever that harbors hatred hinders their progress.
Isaiah 12, John 4:1-45
Do you hate? Hatred makes one a failure in every area of life. A believer or unbeliever that harbors hatred hinders their progress. The word of Proverbs 10:18 stated, “Whoever hides hatred has lying lips…” It can also be concluded that anyone with lying lips hides hatred. Do you lie? Jesus, the Truth could not hide hatred or lie in every step of His ministry. As a result of His truthfulness, He decided to go through Samaria on His way from Judea to Galilee. Going through Samaria is often forbidden by the Jew because of hatred for the Samarians. He came in love and could not walk outside of love. Are you a believer with hatred in you or the influence of hatred is causing you to side track from the way of assignment? It was in the hate polluted route that Jesus was able to plant one of the most effective testimonies of salvation. Jesus bypassed hatred to allow the revelation of living water to come to life and become more distinct. In this route of hatred He encountered a Samaritan woman and He asked for water to drink. Jesus’ request was a set-up to introduce the living water to the Samaritan woman. Jesus knew quite well that she does not have what it takes to draw living water for Him to drink. In this route, Jesus made it known to the Samaria woman, “…Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:13-14) The Samaritan woman, having received Jesus’ message with joy, left her water pot and went and testifies. Indeed, the well of salvation is deep and every one does have a need to be able to draw for the living water. The Samaritan woman, through her encounter with Jesus, gained salvation, strength and song of salvation. By virtue of her gain, the Bible recorded, “The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” Then they went out of the city and came to Him.” (John 4:28-30) Hatred could not derail nor deny Jesus from the business of the kingdom. Are you on the right track of your calling but trapped as a result of hatred? Without a doubt, hatred is what will make the well too deep to be drawn from. However, with salvation, strength and song of salvation the kind of joy that enables one to draw from the deep well becomes undeniable.
Prayer for today: Ask God for deliverance from every spirit of hatred.