My Whole Life

Many are familiar with the story of the adulterous Samaritan woman that Jesus revealed Himself to at the well. After racing back to the town to tell of meeting the Messiah, she proclaimed, ""Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" (John 4:29). Now I have heard some laugh at this seemingly exaggerated statement she made. The argument is that all Jesus really told her is that she had had many husbands and that the man she lived with at the time was not her husband. So, did Jesus really tell her "everything" she ever did? To some the answer to this question is "No, she was just carried away with emotion."


 When we belong to the Lord or are questioning our lives in light of eternity, the sins in our lives are ever before us. It is the grace of God that exposes our sins to us, so that we can then in turn surrender them and our lives back to Him. When you are a Christian who truly loves the Lord, it will grieve your spirit to have sin in your life, and until you've confessed it, it will be ever before you. Likewise, if you do not know the Lord, but the Holy Spirit begins to deal with you, the sins in your life will be burdensome until you know that you can confess them  and by the cross they will be crucified. So to the Samaritan woman indeed Jesus told her everything she ever did!