1/31/14- The Food of Doing God's Will Jn. 4:27-34

27Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

34“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

Thoughts: Jesus told Nicodemus he must be born again, and he wondered how an adult could enter the womb;  Jesus told the woman that he had living water, and she wondered about H2O.  Jesus tells his disciples he has food to eat, and they are wondering where he got his groceries.  Jesus is trying to get people to focus on the spiritual and whoever he spoke to focused on the physical.
     Jesus was saying He gets His energy from doing God's will.  He was energized to reach out to this Samaritan woman with love and have her respond.  Our goal should be to also be energized in doing the Lord's will.  

Prayer: Lord, help me to will your will and to be energized by fulfilling your calling for me this day. 

(Caracci- Disciples come back to Jesus and woman at the well)