Jesus Needed to Obey the Father, and so do We

“But He needed to go through Samaria.” John 4:4

Have you ever needed to do something unpleasant? Could you have avoided the task and done something differently but with a less positive outcome? Maybe surgery was your best option but you chose physical therapy. Or, maybe changing jobs was truly the best option but you chose to stay where you were? We often avoid doing the necessary for the less painful options. But in this passage we see that Jesus NEEDED to go through Samaria.

Actually there was a path around Samaria that good Jews took from Judea to Galilee. Jesus didn’t take it. He took the path He needed to take. He needed to meet with a woman who was in great need; she just didn’t realize it. He needed to confront an entire town with the truth of who He was; they just didn’t know they needed it. The outcome of Jesus doing what He needed to do was salvation for many. The second outcome was that others second guessed His choice. We have to consider in our lives what choices we need to make to follow God and forget about those who would second guess our lives. We are in Christ and we need to follow Jesus who needed to go through Samaria.

Dear Father, Your Son did what He needed to do for Your glory. Please help me to do the same. Amen. 

The Friday Benediction

Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend.  Amen

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