I love Jesus, and I love that He is our perfect Savior, and He offers us in ministry and life His perfect example. When we learn of Him, and have a new heart and a new mind because we drink of His divine grace that brings us into harmony with the divine nature, imbuing us with all of the fruits of the Spirit so that not one is missing (the inevitable and spontaneous result full surrender to Him in conversion), we will gladly follow Jesus' example of ministry to the souls all around us!
"The stay of Jesus in Samaria was designed to be a blessing to His disciples, who were still under the influence of Jewish bigotry. They felt that loyalty to their own nation required them to cherish enmity toward the Samaritans. They wondered at the conduct of Jesus. They could not refuse to follow His example, and during the two days in Samaria, fidelity to Him kept their prejudices under control; yet in heart they were unreconciled. They were slow to learn that their contempt and hatred must give place to pity and sympathy. But after the Lord's ascension, His lessons came back to them with a new meaning. After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, they recalled the Saviour's look, His words, the respect and tenderness of His bearing toward these despised strangers. When Peter went to preach in Samaria, he brought the same spirit into his own work. When John was called to Ephesus and Smyrna, he remembered the experience at Shechem, and was filled with gratitude to the divine Teacher, who, foreseeing the difficulties they must meet, had given them help in His own example." {The Desire of Ages, page 193, paragraph 4}
May we be filled with pity and sympathy for those around us, no matter what their station in life. The most sinful souls can, through full surrender to Christ, become powerful missionaries, because "every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary." {The Desire of Ages, page 195, paragraph 2} May it be our prayer, "Here I am Lord, send me!"