NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE

Sermon Notes, July 26, 2015

Rev. Dick Guizar

            Rev. Guizar’s sermon was titled “Not Where You Want to Be,” and the scripture was John 4, the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well.  There are 7 words in verse 4; “Now he had to go through Samaria.”  Samaria was between Galilee and Judea.  Many people crossed the Jordan and walked on the other side to avoid going through Samaria, but Jesus and his disciples went through Samaria.

            Samaria represents the place between where we are and where we want to be.  It is a place where we don’t want to be.  It may be a place where the task is never done.  There are certain things you must do to get on with life.  Maybe you’re in a rut, or bored.  Jesus had to go through Samaria in order to meet a woman.

            So many people are going through “Samaria.”   It may be cancer, or divorce, a disaster, or a crisis pregnancy.  They need people with high hopes to get through.  How can we help?  Jesus had a conversation with the woman, and her life was changed.  In verse 28, she leaves her water jar and runs to town, telling the people about Jesus.  And in verse 39 we see that many people believed because of the woman..

            When we are going through our “Samaria,” we need to remember that God is in the middle of Samaria.  Lots of redemptive things can happen there.  In your “Samaria,” remember that something good is going to happen!