“And he must needs go through Samaria.” - John 4v4
If Jews had to travel north in Jesus’ day they would do all they could to avoid Samaria. There was a mutual hatred between Jews and Samaritans that went way back. In the mind of some Jews the Samaritans were even worse then Gentiles because they were “half breeds.” There was no love lost between these two peoples.
As Jesus and the disciples made plans to travel north we read that Jesus needed to go through Samaria. The men must have wondered why they would do something like this. Why do we need to go THERE of all places? We know now that Jesus had a reason – He had to talk to a Samaritan prostitute! What? That makes it even more confusing. “We have to go a place like this, and when You get here you are going to talk to a woman like her?”
What a challenge for me. There are places that I may not want to go and people I may not want to deal with, but like Jesus perhaps these are the place I NEED to go because like the Samaritan prostitute they NEED Jesus.
Jesus needed to go through Samaria because He was needed. Where do you and I need to go for the same reason today?
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