The Samaritan town was white for harvest. Jesus gathers it in. How did that happen? He was weary from His travel, His Father arranged a meeting, Jesus showed love and not judgment, and He spoke the truth.

Jesus says we can be reaping now, earning wages, gathering fruit for eternal life.

When we do, we’re not gathering in our fruit. The one who sows and the one who reaps are one. They are in the work together. Paul says that the one who plants and the one who waters aren’t anything. It’s God who gives the increase. God alone produces fruit. It’s His fruit. I would say it’s His reward. I want to gather in for Christ, not for myself. When the Master returns, I want to be able to say, “Look, I got all this for You.” A harvesting servant is gathering for his Master.

The Samaritans in this city believe Jesus is the Savior of the World. Others will fight tooth and nail to deny that. It matters what’s in the heart. These people had long been put down. Their hearts were humble. The religious leaders were proud. That distinction is what’s behind who will worship in spirit and truth and honor God in their worship.

The last seeker in this chapter is the official with a son that’s dying. When he hears Jesus is in the area, he goes to Jesus. Jesus receives those who come to Him. The religious leaders weren’t coming to Him; they were coming against Him. Proximity isn’t the same as coming to Jesus. This man was seeking.

The official wasn’t seeking to worship God as the Samaritan woman was. He gets what he sought, his son’s healing. He was happy, but what was he missing?

He didn’t go away with living water as the Samaritan woman did.

Be careful about seeking things from God, no matter how good. We don’t want to end up with the gift and not God. Seek God and you’ll have everything. Christ is all. Christ is enough. In Christ we lack no good thing. Seek and find God and then rest. You don’t need to keep seeking.