Anonymous - Women's Bible Study Preview Book by Wood Cindi;

Author:Wood, Cindi;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2014-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

A Divine Appointment

Without understanding the religious climate of the day, it would certainly seem that Samaria would be a likely place for Jesus and His disciples to stop, rest, and talk with the locals. This region was located about halfway between Judea and Galilee, and going through the area certainly was a direct route, geographically speaking. Yet most Jews avoided it, adding extra miles to their journey in order to travel around it.

Walls of bitterness and hatred had arisen between the full-blooded monotheistic Jews and the Samaritans because of their inter-marriage and worship practices. Prejudices grew. As a whole, Samaritans and Jews detested one another.

Yet we read that Jesus “needed to go through Samaria” (John 4:4, emphasis added). The Greek word translated as “needed” is dei, which means “it is necessary.”3 It’s the same context as the words Jesus used when he said, “Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” (Luke 2:49b). Right in the middle of an ordinary day, as Jesus and His disciples traveled through a land where hatred between two races was the accepted norm, a Divine Encounter was about to take place.

Psalm 139:16 tells us that all the days of our lives were planned before we were even born. Jesus knew this day would come in the life of the Samaritan woman who came to draw water from the well. He knew her hurts, the longings of her heart, and where she was trying to find satisfaction. He knew she needed fulfillment and purpose for living. He waited for the conversation that would begin to heal her heart and give her a fresh outlook on life.

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