Fill my cup Lord

(John Vann)
Like the woman at the well, I was seeking, For things that could not satisfy. And then I heard my savior speaking, draw from my well that never shall run dry.
This is of course, the start of a wonderful hymn called fill my cup. The words to this song, put us in the place of the woman at the well. Her response was that she immediately went and told everyone about Jesus. We don’t know if this was exactly a life-changing experience for her but, we can assume it was.
Jesus would quite often choose unlikely people to follow him but, she did bring people to Jesus,and people did believe in him because of her witness.
Sometimes when Jesus healed someone Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone as he did with a leper in Luke 5:12-14.Sometimes Jesus perform miracles in front of others as in Luke 11:14 where he cast out a demon from a mute man in front of a large crowd.
there was a time in Luke 8:29- 35 where Jesus drove a Legion of demons from a man who lived in the cemetery and sent the demons into a herd of swine,which ran into the sea and drowned themselves.
The man whom now was no longer possessed by demons wanted to go with Jesus, but Jesus sent him back to his home.In Verse 39 it tells that the whole city heard about what Jesus had done for him.
Whether they were death, mute, sick, demon possessed, lepers or even someone that Jesus had raised from the dead,there were many who were witnesses for Jesus.
There were many people who saw these miracles,who were witnesses for Jesus. And as a result, they told others and many others also came to know Jesus as their Savior.
But the story about the woman at the well was unique, in the fact that this was the first time that Jesus ever told someone that he was the Messiah. Peter knew who Jesus was but, Jesus did not tell him. The Holy Spirit told Peter who Jesus was.
There were many times when Jesus wanted to keep his identity secret.In Luke 4:34-35 Jesus wouldn’t let the demon say who he was. Jesus sometimes healed people and he would tell them not to tell anyone what he had done for them.He even sometimes instructed his disciples to keep it a secret .
The reason that he wanted to keep his identity secret was perhaps to keep large crowds of people from following him because it would make it hard for him to preach with a large crowd of people there only wanting to be healed. Or maybe Jesus didn’t want people to think that he was putting on a show. As for not wanting the demons to say anything well,demons are not very reputable. Why would anybody believe them. So,anyone that heard a demon say who Jesus was might automatically think that the demon was lying and that could have just the opposite effect.Jesus didn’t need or want a demon to be a witness for him.
But,one of the main reasons that Jesus didn’t want the news about him to spread too quickly is,that things are done in God’s timing. News about who Jesus was could’ve gotten the attention of high ranking people, and that would have got him arrested or killed, and it wasn’t time for that yet
But today meeting Jesus is a life-changing event. He wants us to tell everyone. In fact, he commands us to tell everyone..
If people don’t hear about Jesus, then how will they know about Jesus? How will they ever gain salvation? How can they someday be a witness for Jesus also?
Without Christians spreading the good news about Christ, God‘s kingdom does not advance and souls are lost forever.
Let’s not let that happen. Go and tell everyone your story and be a witness for your Lord and Savior,so that others can come to know Jesus Christ as their savior too.