Because of her words

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His own word. – John 4.39-41

What possible impact could Jesus talking to one Samaritan woman have? Why not go to the crowds where He could have a big impact all at one shot? Why not hold a mass rally?

Well, Jesus did that at times. Massive crowds did not follow Him and show up to hear His preaching.

But it is also true that Jesus would not neglect the one. He took time out to cut though Samaria because of this one woman. He shared with us the good news of spiritual water from which she would never thirst. Eventually she accepts Jesus as Messiah and goes back into town talking about Jesus.

I need to stop for a second here. When we study the new Bible it is amazing what is done when people talk about Jesus. And yet, how seldom do we talk about Jesus outside of our Christian community? We talk about everything else, but what about Him?

What impact does she have? Many Samaritans believed when she talked about Jesus. So much in fact that the people in town asked Jesus to stay and many more were saved because of His words.

We need to realise the power of our words – when we speak about Jesus. I can talk about a lot of things, but only talking about Jesus is going to have eternal impact.