Fiercely LovedSample

The Samaritan woman at the well, also known as Photina, had suffered hardships that led her to live as a shamed outcast. In her conversation with Jesus, she recognizes him as a prophet, one who speaks the words of God. She honors Jesus as the prophet he truly is, and in return, Jesus calls forth what she truly is: dear.

This term means “beloved and cherished, prized, precious and priceless, valued and treasured.” I have to wonder when she had last been called by any term of endearment. He was rebuilding her broken heart and wounded spirit with words of destiny. Even now, I hear Jesus inviting each and every one of his daughters: “Believe me, my valued, treasured, and loved woman, your time has come . . .”

Your time to believe is now. Pause a moment. What has he whispered to your soul?

Our God is not closest to you on a mountain, in a city, or even at a church. No individual can keep you from his presence. Thankfully, no mistake can separate you from what abides within you. Nothing can separate you from the invincible love of Christ. There is no who, there is no what.

His love cannot be taken, for we have been placed in Christ. The cruelty of conflict and the dangers of war can never make him side against us. There is no disaster large enough to unseat the love of our Prince of Peace. His love is more certain than death and more real than life. His love for us supersedes the domains of both the angelic and the demonic realms. The Scriptures remind us that our God is as close as a whisper. There is nothing that has been, is, or will be in the entire span of creation that will ever have the capacity to divorce us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.