Problem solving is a matter of have or have not, either you have the resources to solve a matter or \u00a0you don’t. We are not born with all the answers to life’s troublesome experiences; it would be great if we did. Some problems come and linger longer then other and even with the appropriate resources they just don’t want to get resolved. Man’s problems are classified under two main umbrellas, thirst and hunger. Now a days God has been actively providing with ample, solutions to all our problems. We can no longer blame ignorance for problem solving, however, we can blame forgetfulness. The Samaritan women was faced with a new way to solve her problem while the disciples of Jesus had forgotten their way.<\/p>\n
John 4:10-11<\/p>\n
10\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus answered her, \u201cIf you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.\u201d<\/span><\/span>11\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSir,\u201d the woman said, \u201cyou have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?<\/span> 12\u00a0<\/sup>Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As Jesus comes to this well tired and thirsty he comes across this women who did not know a better way towards her problems. She came to the well to draw water daily with all her life’s problems lingering right behind her and no solution until she met Jesus. She did not know that her solution was right before her, so Jesus tells her “If you knew the gift of God”. Knowing God’s gift plays a big part in how we handle our daily problems. When we understand God’s plan for our live’s we have a better grasp of things. (pro. 19:21). \u00a0God’s plans includes tips and solutions to our most difficult situations (Jer. 29:11). The Samaritan women needed to be introduced to her solutions to her problems and Jesus did just that.<\/p>\n The disciples of Jesus knew what they had; the solution to all their problems, and, yet tended to play forgetful. Right after Jesus fed five thousand people he and his disciples got into a boat and went to sea. Once Jesus mentioned the leaven of the bread; well, not of the bread but of the religious, is when they remembered the material bread they had forgotten. They did not remembered the one who brought the solution to the problem; Jesus,(Jh. 14:6). God never forgets his plans and purposes for us (Is. 49:15). We can become as forgetful as we can but he never forgets. We are forgetful people; some intentional and some not, but God warns us not to be forgetful (Deut. 6:12). \u00a0If there is something in life that we should not forget is that God is ever present and ever willing to help (ps. 119:83). The disciples did not search in their tiny brains to recollect the signs and wonder Jesus had done even right before they entered the boat; the five thousands (ps.143:5).<\/p>\n The Samaritan women as soon as she understood who Jesus was reached out to him to give her that living waters and saw Christ in it, but she did not have him. The disciples knew Christ, but forgot what he had done and only remembered what they were missing.<\/p>\n