Satisfaction | Week 2 · Rewind

Satisfaction | Week 2 · Rewind

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jun 18, 2018

Big Idea

Real satisfaction comes from knowing who Jesus is and then getting off the sidelines to tell others about Him, right now, not in some fantasy someday.

Jesus meets us in our brokenness, the way He met the woman at the well, and offers grace that doesn't wait for us to clean up first. But knowing Him is only half of it; finding real purpose means stepping past our comfort zones today, in the mission field of our own home, job, and relationships, instead of living for a "someday" that robs us of the life God has for us now.

Key points

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1The woman at the well romanticized a fantasy 'someday' instead of seeing what was in front of her
Pastor Daniel walks through John 4:25, where the woman says the Messiah will come 'someday' and explain everything. He points out this was never even prophesied and shows how she, like us, painted an unrealistic picture of a future reconciliation rather than recognizing Jesus was already sitting in front of her.
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2Jesus answers her fantasy with a simple, present-tense truth: 'I am the Messiah'
Rather than a complicated argument, Jesus simply reveals Himself, and Pastor Daniel notes that this single statement detonates inside her heart in an hour or two conversation, changing everything about her instantly.
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3Her testimony to the village reveals the real experience of grace, not a factual claim
Pastor Daniel unpacks her words, 'come see a man who told me everything I ever done,' pointing out that Jesus never literally did that. He explains she was verbalizing the overwhelming experience of being fully known and still fully chosen by God.
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4The disciples missed the broken person in front of them because they were busy doing tasks for God
When the disciples return with food, Jesus tells them He has nourishment they don't understand, His true food is doing the Father's will. Pastor Daniel points out they walked right past the Samaritan woman while focused on bringing Him lunch, illustrating how busyness for God can blind us to people God has placed near us.
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5Following Jesus is all or nothing, and He wants full access, not just our eternity
Pastor Daniel names the way we happily give God our eternal destiny but hold back our money, relationships, and daily choices. He shares his own story of resisting a call into ministry after a successful sales job, and how obedience, though costly, always proved worth it on the other side of his fear.
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6Jesus dismantles the disciples' 'four months to harvest' excuse, saying the harvest is now
He explains the Jewish agricultural and festival calendar built around a four-month waiting pattern, then shows how Jesus tells the disciples the fields are already ripe, there's no more lag time in the Kingdom of God, because He is the fulfillment of everything they were waiting for.

Application

Pastor Daniel's charge is to stop living for someday and go all in with God today.

Stop living for someday
Quit fantasizing about a future day when everything will finally make sense, and instead notice and enjoy the blessings God has for you right now, even in messy seasons like parenting or singleness.
Have a real encounter with Jesus
Move past religion or behavior modification and let yourself be fully known and fully chosen by grace, the way the woman at the well was, so something inside you actually comes alive.
Get off the sidelines and into the game
Don't just consume church or do tasks for God; become willing to tell others about the goodness of God you've experienced in your own job, family, team, or classroom.
Give God full access, not just your eternity
Identify the area you've told God he can't have, whether it's money, relationships, or a career decision, and hand that specific thing over this week.
Take the bold step you've been avoiding
Name the thing you've been holding back out of fear and move toward it, trusting that God's plan, though costly, will prove worth it on the other side.

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Scripture in this message

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“we started looking at last week in John chapter four. If you weren't here, I'll try my best to catch you up a little bit. You can always go online to watch the”
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“Okay. John chapter four. We got two people excited to read the Bible. That's awesome. John four. Say amen if you're there. Amen. There we go. John chapter four, we start reading in verse four”
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“John four. Say amen if you're there. Amen. There we go. John chapter four, we start reading in verse four. It says, Jesus, he had to go through Samaria on the way”
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“Verse 10, Jesus replied to her, if you only knew the gift that God has for you and who you were speaking to, you would ask me and I would give you living water”
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“he explains essentially the gospel for the very first time in verse 21. He says, believe me, woman, a time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you believe whether you worship the father on this mountain or in Jerusalem”
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“look at what her response to Jesus is when she starts to come to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe, there's something more to who Jesus is. She says the exact same thing that we do. Verse 25, the woman looked at him, and she said, hey, I know that the Messiah is coming”
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“Look at what she says. Verse 28 says, the woman left her water jar beside the well, and she ran back to the village telling everybody, come and see a man who told me everything I ever did”

7-day devotional

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Day 1

There is something quietly heartbreaking about the detail that the woman came to the well alone, at noon. Every other woman in town would have drawn water in the cool of the morning, in a group, with conversation and laughter. She came when no one else would be there. Shame does that — it rewrites our daily routines around avoidance. It tells us that if we can just stay out of sight, we can stay out of the pain of being known and rejected all over again. Pastor Daniel pointed out that this woman was not simply thirsty for water; she was hiding. And yet the very place she chose for her hiding was the exact place Jesus chose to wait for her. That is worth sitting with. God does not avoid the places we retreat to. He does not wait for us to clean ourselves up and walk into a more respectable setting before He shows up. He goes to the well at noon. He meets us in the middle of whatever routine we have built around protecting ourselves. If you have been keeping a part of your life quietly tucked away — a relationship, a habit, a wound you have never let anyone near — today is simply an invitation to notice that Jesus is already there, waiting, unhurried, and not surprised by any of it.

For reflection

What part of your life have you been quietly arranging your day around, hoping nobody — including God — looks too closely?

Pray

Pray for the courage to stop hiding the part of your story you are most ashamed of, and to let Jesus meet you there.

Small-group discussion guide

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Open

Think about a time you caught yourself saying 'someday I'll do that' — this message takes a hard look at what keeps us stuck in 'someday' and what it looks like when that changes in an instant.

Discussion questions

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In John 4:6-7, the woman comes to the well alone at noon — an unusual time when no one else would be there. What does her timing suggest about what she was trying to avoid, and what does it tell us about how shame tends to shape our habits?
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John 4:4 notes that Jesus 'had to go through Samaria' — a route most Jewish travelers avoided. Pastor Daniel pointed out that God deliberately went out of His way to reach a woman many would have considered disqualified. What does that choice reveal about how God sees the people around us who might seem unlikely candidates for good news?
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In John 4:25, the woman tells Jesus she knows the Messiah is coming 'someday' — and He is standing right in front of her. What are some ways people today defer real obedience or real change to a future moment that never quite arrives?
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John 4:28-30 shows the woman leaving her water jar behind and running straight back to the people she had been hiding from. Pastor Daniel observed that nothing about her circumstances changed — only something inside her did. What does that suggest about what actually makes someone ready to step into a hard conversation or a new act of obedience?
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In John 4:31-35, Jesus rebukes the disciples for being so focused on a task for God that they missed the broken person right beside them. How might that pattern show up in communities or groups of people who are genuinely trying to follow Jesus?
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Pastor Daniel challenged us that the workplaces, families, and communities we are already in are our mission fields — and that we are the only ones who can reach the specific people God has placed in our lives. What might it look like, practically, for a person or a group like ours to take one step toward that this week?

Pray together

Ask God to replace 'someday' thinking with present courage — that He would open our eyes to the people already around us and give us the boldness to take whatever next step He has been inviting us into

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Topics

Breaking Free from 'Someday'Encountering Jesus Immediate Obedience Overcoming Shame Satisfaction in God Witnessing to Others

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