“My Food Is To Do The Will Of Him Who Sent Me
And To Complete His Work”
Just then his disciples came. They
were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do
you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water
jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who
told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They
left the city and were on their way to him.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging
him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you
do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has
brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will
of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, ‘Four months more,
then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the
fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is
gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and
reaper may rejoice together…”
The woman who met Jesus at Jacob’s
well found a way to lead the rest of her community to what she had found –
living water. They were draw to discover why this woman with five ex-husbands
and a current live-in was telling them she had met a man who told her all the
things she had ever done. As the crowd was on its way Jesus was telling His
disciples that His food was found in doing the will of God.
Jesus is living water and food for our
soul. Joining Him to do the will of God and finish the work He has given us to
do is the ultimate source of nourishment.
When you have
found food for your soul lead others to the source.
Our Daily
Bread – May 15, 2007