When Jesus left Jerusalem following the Passover (John 2:23) and headed back to the more fertile soil of souls in Galilee (John 4:3), the Bible records that Jesus “needed to go through Samaria” (4:4), or that He “had to pass through Samaria” (NASB). For us, that may not sound 
unusual, but for a Jew, that was highly unusual, for no Jew ever “had to pass through Samaria.” In fact, many Jews traveled on the east side of the Jordan to avoid Samaritans altogether. But, Jesus knew there was a woman there who would hear and a whole city ready to believe. Jesus was not going to avoid lost and searching souls because of some long-held prejudice.
When the story of your life is recorded, will there be a sentence written that said you had to pass by a certain person? It may not sound unusual to some, but perhaps there would be other readers (who knew your situation) who would think, “No way! He/She didn’t have to go that way! There must have been some compelling reason!” There are lost and searching souls who need the gospel! We must put aside every prejudice and “pass through Samaria”!