John 4:4

John 4:4 says, And he must needs go through Samaria.  We are told that Jesus must needs go through Samaria.  Jews didn't like to be in contact with Samaritans.  They didn't want to be contaminated by those that lived there, whom they viewed as inferior even to the Gentiles.  Our journey for Christ may take us into areas that we don't want to go, but we must always go where God says we need to go.  Verse five adds, Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. He came to Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to Joseph. Verse six continues, Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.  Jesus was thirsty, so He sat down by the well called Jacob's well.  The Samaritans, though despised by the Jews, considered the Jews ancestors to be theirs also, but they had changed their practice from the Jewish religious practices.  We may encounter people today who practice a religion that grew out of Christianity, but they have subverted it with their own requirements, traditions, and places of worship.  Verse seven states, There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. When a Samaritan woman came to the well, He said to her, "Give me to drink."  Not only was Jesus talking to a Samaritan, but He was talking to a Samaritan woman and asking something from her.  We should never feel so superior to the lost of the world that we stop talking to them.  Verse eight adds, (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)  Jesus' disciples had gone to buy meat and Jesus was weary.  He was indeed truly human.  He got hungry, thirsty, and tired.  Still, even as He was asking for water, He was looking to the spiritual needs of the woman.  When we are hungry, thirsty, or tired, we still need to be concerned about the needs of those around us.  Jesus did not allow prejudice to stop Him from interacting with people.  We must follow His example and start seeing individuals instead of ethnic or religious classifications.  Christ died for all people, and that is who we are to reach out to.