When Jesus brings to your awareness a sin in your life what do you do? The Samaritan woman acknowledged hers. When Jesus told her to go and fetch her husband, she admitted that she was not married. Jesus commended her on her honesty. When there is sin in our lives, we have to face up to it. We have to call it what it is. And we don’t make excuses. Jesus went to let her know that He was aware that she had been married five times before she got into the current relationship. Perhaps after five failed marriages, she didn’t want to get married again. She didn’t want another failed marriage. So, she settled for living common law. No doubt people gossiped about her. She probably felt like a scorned woman and that was why she went to the water to draw water at a time when no one else was there.
She might have been surprised to see Jesus and more so when He spoke to her, asking her for a drink of water. Jews did not any dealings with Samaritans. And in that day and age it was not customary for a man to speak to a strange woman. Jesus had no problem doing both. In His eyes this was a lost soul whom He wanted to save.
No matter what you have done or how others treat you, Jesus wants to have a conversation with you. He wants to offer you what no one else can–unconditional love, forgiveness and eternal life. He will not condemn you. Like the woman caught in adultery, He will tell you to stop sinning. And He will help you to change your life. We don’t know what happened to the Samaritan woman after she went to tell her community about Jesus. We don’t know what became of her relationship. However, we do know that her life was never the same after she met Jesus. An encounter with Jesus should lead to a changed life. Zacchaeus became a new person after spending time with Jesus.
When Jesus points out sin in your life, acknowledge it, confess it and repent. He will give you the victory.
Notes to Women 