Jesus Went Where You Won't

There's a wall in your town. You didn't build it, but you've learned to walk around it.

In John 4, Jesus had every reason to avoid Samaria. The Jews crossed the Jordan twice just to bypass it. But the Bible says He "must needs go through Samaria." Not geography — purpose. He had an appointment with a woman nobody else would sit next to, at the hottest hour of the day, when she figured she'd finally be alone.

She picked noon because she was tired of being mocked. And that's exactly when the Lord of Glory sat down at her well.

We've all got a Samaria. Maybe it's a neighbor whose politics make your skin crawl. Maybe it's a family at church that doesn't look like, talk like, or vote like your family. Maybe it's that conversation you've been avoiding because it's just easier not to get involved.

Not getting involved means no problems. But it also means no ministry. Jesus didn't retreat from difficulty. He redirected toward it. He went where the walls were highest because that's where the souls were thirstiest — and He sat down tired, in the heat, with someone everyone else had written off.

Is there a well you've been avoiding — a person, a conversation, a neighborhood — simply because it's uncomfortable? Jesus went. Will you sit down?

Want to hear the rest of the story? Listen to the full sermon below:

Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee
https://pilgrimbaptist.church/
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