Now he had to go through Samaria. (John 4:4)

I was doing my Bible Study the other day and this verse just stuck in my head. This is the passage where Jesus meets a woman who has had 5 husbands and the one she is living with is not her husband. Jesus never condemned the woman. He just displayed love and told her the truth about Himself. What stuck in my mind was the fact that Jesus "had" to go through Samaria. No Hebrew would want to go to Samaria because the Samaritans were half-breeds. But Jesus was different than other religious leaders of His day. He met people on their turf. He met people where they were. That is why I go to places like Starbucks and Gold's Gym and such--so I can rub shoulders with lost people. If we get stuck in our "safe" Christian environments we don't interact with people who need our touch! Jesus "had" to go to Samaria--Where is it he wants you to "have" to go to reach people for Him?