Chapter
7 Divine Appointment
Ever get the sense of being at the
wrong place at the wrong time? Circumstances go from bad to worse. Or maybe
you’ve experienced the opposite: good fortune comes when you least expected it.
When this happens, it reminds us how little control we truly have over our
lives.
We don’t plan to bump into an old acquaintance
and renew that long lost friendship. We drove carefully only to hit black ice
and end up in a ditch precariously perched atop a six foot culvert the opposite
direction we originally were headed. Whether planned or not, our days are
filled with Divine appointments, and it requires trust in the Lord when life
takes an unexpected curve.
The Scriptures tell us the story of a
woman who approached Jacob’s well outside of Samaria. She collected water at a
different time of day than the other women in town because of her unacceptable
reputation.
“Give me a drink,” the man sitting near
the well said to her.
His request immediately caught her off
guard because he broke customary Jewish laws. He was a Jewish man speaking to a
Samaritan woman. In her conversation with Jesus she discovered he knew her past
and present living situation. By the time the disciples returned to the well,
she had discovered Jesus to be a prophet.
The woman returned to town to retrieve
others to investigate this man who knew all about her. Many believed in Jesus
that day. Their interest began with the woman sharing her story and ended with
what He did for them personally.
