John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work."
This was a very interesting passage which popped up at me as I was listening to a devotional passage. Jesus proclaims that doing God will is the deepest source of strength and satisfaction for him. Therefore, you can feel physically hungry and improvished, but when you do the will of God, you get food for your soul!
Sure physically you may be tired, but internally you would be energised. If you would just refer to this chapter of John 4: 3-42, You see Jesus' example as he ministers to the woman inspite of his circumstances and physical hunger. John tells us that Jesus was resting by the well in the middle of the day as his disciples went to find him a meal. Clearly, he was hot and hungry, but inspite of it, he spent his time and energy to minister to the Samaritan woman. That's why Jesus was explaining to his disciples and us that when you do God's will, you get food that is above your physical hunger needs.
"Do the will of God who sends you"
If what you are doing for God leaves you starving spiritually, something is seriously wrong! Do you feel further and further from God? Or find yourself tired, dry, parched and would classify yourself as an exhausted soul, something must be wrong! You must be not doing God's will because if you are serving God and your inside is feeling empty, either you are doing your own will or you are doing it on your own strength. Perhaps you are doing good things or good intentions. But even good intentions will tired you out because we are doing too much of things that are not part of God's will for your life.
Conversely, if today you are not serving in any ministry or actively serving God, can you honestly do some soul searching and see if your soul is dry and not going anywhere. As we look at the example of Jesus who became man, he nourished his soul by constantly doing God's will. Therefore, you need to understand that you cannot say I'll be nourished as I rest from serving God. Jesus demonstrates and states clearly that when we do the will of God, it will feed and nourish you!
If we refer to the illustration of how a farmer labours in his field as he harvest, it's physically tiring but it's deeply satisfying when it's being done. You can't run away from getting your hands soiled and your muscles tired and still expect to be deeply satisfied for your non-contribution.
What therefore is the will of God? Jesus explains it in the passage of John 4 that the will of God is for us to labour in the harvest of souls! So we also need to partake in the work of the harvest of souls, well at least, we must be involved in ministering to those in need to show them the love of God.
May you do the work which God wants you to do, then only will you gain the overflowing satisfaction of God's food for your soul.
blessings,
M.
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:3)
17 October 2007
Food for the soul.
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work."
This was a very interesting passage which popped up at me as I was listening to a devotional passage. Jesus proclaims that doing God will is the deepest source of strength and satisfaction for him. Therefore, you can feel physically hungry and improvished, but when you do the will of God, you get food for your soul!
Sure physically you may be tired, but internally you would be energised. If you would just refer to this chapter of John 4: 3-42, You see Jesus' example as he ministers to the woman inspite of his circumstances and physical hunger. John tells us that Jesus was resting by the well in the middle of the day as his disciples went to find him a meal. Clearly, he was hot and hungry, but inspite of it, he spent his time and energy to minister to the Samaritan woman. That's why Jesus was explaining to his disciples and us that when you do God's will, you get food that is above your physical hunger needs.
"Do the will of God who sends you"
If what you are doing for God leaves you starving spiritually, something is seriously wrong! Do you feel further and further from God? Or find yourself tired, dry, parched and would classify yourself as an exhausted soul, something must be wrong! You must be not doing God's will because if you are serving God and your inside is feeling empty, either you are doing your own will or you are doing it on your own strength. Perhaps you are doing good things or good intentions. But even good intentions will tired you out because we are doing too much of things that are not part of God's will for your life.
Conversely, if today you are not serving in any ministry or actively serving God, can you honestly do some soul searching and see if your soul is dry and not going anywhere. As we look at the example of Jesus who became man, he nourished his soul by constantly doing God's will. Therefore, you need to understand that you cannot say I'll be nourished as I rest from serving God. Jesus demonstrates and states clearly that when we do the will of God, it will feed and nourish you!
If we refer to the illustration of how a farmer labours in his field as he harvest, it's physically tiring but it's deeply satisfying when it's being done. You can't run away from getting your hands soiled and your muscles tired and still expect to be deeply satisfied for your non-contribution.
What therefore is the will of God? Jesus explains it in the passage of John 4 that the will of God is for us to labour in the harvest of souls! So we also need to partake in the work of the harvest of souls, well at least, we must be involved in ministering to those in need to show them the love of God.
May you do the work which God wants you to do, then only will you gain the overflowing satisfaction of God's food for your soul.
blessings,
M.
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:3)
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work."
This was a very interesting passage which popped up at me as I was listening to a devotional passage. Jesus proclaims that doing God will is the deepest source of strength and satisfaction for him. Therefore, you can feel physically hungry and improvished, but when you do the will of God, you get food for your soul!
Sure physically you may be tired, but internally you would be energised. If you would just refer to this chapter of John 4: 3-42, You see Jesus' example as he ministers to the woman inspite of his circumstances and physical hunger. John tells us that Jesus was resting by the well in the middle of the day as his disciples went to find him a meal. Clearly, he was hot and hungry, but inspite of it, he spent his time and energy to minister to the Samaritan woman. That's why Jesus was explaining to his disciples and us that when you do God's will, you get food that is above your physical hunger needs.
"Do the will of God who sends you"
If what you are doing for God leaves you starving spiritually, something is seriously wrong! Do you feel further and further from God? Or find yourself tired, dry, parched and would classify yourself as an exhausted soul, something must be wrong! You must be not doing God's will because if you are serving God and your inside is feeling empty, either you are doing your own will or you are doing it on your own strength. Perhaps you are doing good things or good intentions. But even good intentions will tired you out because we are doing too much of things that are not part of God's will for your life.
Conversely, if today you are not serving in any ministry or actively serving God, can you honestly do some soul searching and see if your soul is dry and not going anywhere. As we look at the example of Jesus who became man, he nourished his soul by constantly doing God's will. Therefore, you need to understand that you cannot say I'll be nourished as I rest from serving God. Jesus demonstrates and states clearly that when we do the will of God, it will feed and nourish you!
If we refer to the illustration of how a farmer labours in his field as he harvest, it's physically tiring but it's deeply satisfying when it's being done. You can't run away from getting your hands soiled and your muscles tired and still expect to be deeply satisfied for your non-contribution.
What therefore is the will of God? Jesus explains it in the passage of John 4 that the will of God is for us to labour in the harvest of souls! So we also need to partake in the work of the harvest of souls, well at least, we must be involved in ministering to those in need to show them the love of God.
May you do the work which God wants you to do, then only will you gain the overflowing satisfaction of God's food for your soul.
blessings,
M.
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:3)
