![]() “Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. When we see a person’s changed life through the word of God, through that person we can have vision of the change that is possible in one nation. This is why he had sent the prophets to Samaria in the Old Testament to sow the word and was now sending Jesus to them. God had not forgotten the people of Samaria. The season of the physical harvest had not yet arrived, but Samaria was a field that was ready for the spiritual harvest. This word was an invitation to the disciples to see what God was doing in Samaria through the changed life of the woman. But they really didn’t understand the meaning of Jesus’ words. Then they looked in the other direction and saw the Samaritan woman running toward the village to give her testimony. Let’s see what he said to the disciples in verse 35: “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” When Jesus said this, the disciples lifted up their eyes to observe the fields, but they saw nothing. Through helping the Samaritan woman, the Lord Jesus could see the spiritual rebirth of all of Samaria. Moreover, the disciples were confined to their own desires to eat, and so they could not see the work of salvation in Samaria nor understand the words of the Lord Jesus. The fatalism and negative view of the disciples did not allow them to have any faith that the work of God would be possible in Samaria. They looked at them with hatred and disdain for their idolatry, paganism and for mixing with other cultures. On the other hand, we can see that the disciples had a lot of prejudice against the Samaritans. Her testimony had a great impact on Samaria because Jesus had worked very diligently as a sower and a reaper in the heart of this woman. She received the living water that brings the forgiveness of sins and salvation through which her life changed completely. A Samaritan woman had been converted into a true worshiper of Jesus the Messiah. In chapter 4 we could see the miracle of salvation that Jesus did in Samaria. This means that I am also ripe for the spiritual harvest! Wow! Just like my last name Blanco, which means white. This evening let’s learn about the fields of our countries which are all ripe (or white) for harvest. I am from Guatemala, the country of eternal spring. “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” ![]()
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