What strikes me about
this statement is that this was not a trip without a purpose. Jesus and the disciples purposely went by way
of Samaria. Why? As we read on we discover that there was a
woman in Samaria who needed to see Jesus.
Jesus knew she was there and He wanted to give her an opportunity to get
to know Him. We are led to believe that
the disciples did not know about her.
They were just traveling with Jesus learning all they could about Him
and eternal life.
It reminds me that
Jesus knows those who are lost and will go out of His way to confront
them. He knows those who are lost and
open to being found. He knows that all
they need is be presented with the truth of the Gospel. Because He is love, God reaches out to us
when we need Him the most. No matter how
unlovable we may be, He comes to us to offer us eternal life.
The woman He went to
see was an immoral woman. She had been
married five times and was then living with a man without being married to
him. Yet, she was open to the
truth. Scripture does not tell us what
brought her to the point where she was open to the Gospel. Perhaps she had discovered just how
unfulfilling her life of sin was. She
knew she was not happy living the life that she was living. She needed something better; she needed God
in her life.
We need to be careful
that we don't shut out those whom we think are not "Gospel
material." We need to share the
truth with everyone whom the Lord brings our way. We don't know the heart of others. Perhaps, that one who others would avoid and
consider hopeless may just be the one who is ready to hear the truth and be
saved. Don't judge others because of what
they have done. God puts people in our
paths to be a light to. Don't hide your
light from them and perhaps be the one who causes them to slip into hell
because you did not give them one more opportunity to be saved.
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