"The Perfect Chance Encounter" Part 14

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. Do you not say, There are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered their labors. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His own word. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.  John 4:34-42

As we come to the end of our perfect chance encounter between the Samaritan woman and Jesus we can honestly say that the results are amazing! If the transformation in this woman's life was the only result to this encounter that would be enough but and here's the but. It wasn't! Verse 39 tells us, "And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did."  Because she left her encounter transformed she spread the news. She testified and told everybody all about her encounter with Jesus!  She testified and because she testified others listened and because they listened they heard and because they heard they believed!

I love that because of her encounter with Jesus a town had an encounter with Jesus. What she had to say and her new transformed life was enough to cause others to be curious about Him and to check Him out for themselves. Then in verse 41-42 it tells us, 'And many more believed because of His own word. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.' Love those results! ... "Now we believe for ourselves." I love that all we have to do is to tell others what He has done for us. The rest is up to Him ...and them. It says that they heard what she had to say and then invited Him to stay. He stayed two more days and that is all it took for her encounter to turn into their encounter as well!

What started out as a chance encounter for her turned into a whole communities amazingly perfect encounter as they declared, "we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."  Perfect encounter ... Amazing results! Chance? I think ... NOT!

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord,  thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11