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We don't read of any miracles that Jesus performed there, yet many believed. She had talked to “many” (v39). Many believed because of His “words” (v41). May be, her sixth partner also came and believed. May be they had a good life after that. Jesus cares for our family too. So don't get discouraged if miracles do not happen in your ministry. People may receive a miracle and yet not come to Christ. But His word has power. “As the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isa 55:10,11). See what the words of Jesus did to her. It descended on her like rain and made her bud and blossom and produced fruit and seed. That in turn gave the Bread of life to the village people and seed for them to sow. Through a simple conversation Jesus set in motion the chain of events that would result in the salvation of many. The disciples were learning what to preach and teach (vv 39- 41). them alone and not for others. What a revelation they got even before the Jews! (v 42). Some Samaritans came out of the town and met Jesus and believed on Him. They in turn became evangelists who took Him to their town for a gospel crusade for two days. “And many more believed”! See the domino effect. Who knows what happened after Christ left! May be the fire spread throughout Samaria. May be that's how when Philip lit the matchstick, Samaria went up in flames. Jesus' Galilee programme was delayed by two days and what a blessed delay it was! It was a crumb of the children's bread that fell off the table. Jesus' commitments were now far-flung that, probably that was the only ministry He had in Samaria. May God bless us with such self-invited delays. Sowing in the morning, Sowing seeds of kindness, Sowing in noontime and the dewy eve; Waiting for the harvest and the time of reaping, They believed her words and came to Christ but then started directly hearing from Christ. How right! We introduce people to Christ and then they learn from Him. Teach them to hear from Christ. “We know” they said. They had come into the knowledge of Christ. Their statement: This “Man” is the “Saviour” shows how they had rightly understood the human and divine natures of Christ. We shall come rejoicing bringing in the sheaves! They were convinced that He was the Saviour of the “world,” unlike the Jews who claimed that Jesus was for |PAGE 5|