Seeking Jesus first Feb. 12, 2025
Come, See a Man
Today’s Reading: John 4:27–30
(Read the full passage before reflecting below.)
“Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” (John 4:29, NKJV)
The conversation at the well has reached its turning point.
Jesus has revealed her history. He has spoken of living water. He has declared Himself to be the Messiah. And now, something remarkable happens—the woman who came alone, likely avoiding the crowd, leaves her waterpot behind and goes back into the city.
She does not return in shame.
She returns with a message.
“Come, see a Man…”
This is the language of invitation, not argument. She does not present a theological defense. She does not claim to understand everything. She simply bears witness to what she has encountered.
He told me all things that I ever did.
Notice what moves her. Jesus did not expose her to humiliate her. He revealed her life to free her. And instead of running from that exposure, she runs toward others with it. The very area of her shame becomes the doorway of her testimony.
Note: This is one of the clearest pictures of what happens when living water begins to spring up within someone. The encounter becomes overflow.
She leaves her waterpot.
John does not include that detail accidentally. The waterpot represents why she came—to draw from a well that could never satisfy. When she meets the true Source, the old reason for coming loses urgency. What once felt necessary is quietly abandoned.
This is transformation in motion. When Christ increases in our vision, lesser things lose their grip.
The disciples arrive at this moment, surprised that Jesus is speaking with a woman. Social boundaries are still visible to them. But to the woman, those boundaries have already been broken. She is no longer thinking about divisions—she is thinking about Messiah.
“Could this be the Christ?”
Her question is humble. She does not yet declare with certainty; she invites with wonder. And that invitation is enough. The city begins to move toward Jesus because one woman dared to speak.
There is something deeply instructive here. Evangelism in its simplest form is not performance—it is witness. It is not convincing people of what we have mastered; it is inviting them to see whom we have met.
“Come, see.”
The woman who once avoided people now becomes the reason people seek Christ. The one who had been isolated becomes a messenger. Encounter changes identity. Living water creates a voice.
Today, consider what Christ has done in you. You may not have every answer. You may not feel fully formed. But if He has met you, you have something to say.
The world does not need polished perfection.
It needs honest testimony.
Leave the earthen waterpot.
Draw from the wells of salvation.
Become a wellspring of life.
Go tell what you have seen.
And trust that the same One who met you is able to meet them.
“Come, see a Man…”