Message from Scripture: 9/19/2020

Our message from Scripture today is John 4:34. “Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.’”

In the context of this verse, Jesus was in Samaria and introduced the woman at the well, and the people where she lived, to His being the Messiah. Because of her testimony to the people of Sycar, they came to believe in Jesus as the Christ as well. Jesus had previously been physically tired and hungry, and His disciples had gone to find Him something to eat. On their return, after Jesus had spoke spiritual truths to this woman, he told them He had food they knew nothing about. Wondering if someone else had brought Him a meal, He reminded them the role His doing the will of the Father played in His life.

Most of us like to eat, for both pleasure as well as its nutritional value. Do we factor in the need we have for spiritual nutrition? We need physical food to survive, but we also need to feed our souls. How do we do that? Jesus said it involves doing the will of God. Of course, we need time in the word to know the will of God. We need time in prayer to find purpose in the will of God. We need fellowship to find strength in the will of God. But all of this should lead us to doing the will of God, applying it to our life’s situations, making it integral to who we are. It is to be an essential part of who we are.

What is the goal for living for God? Jesus said it’s to complete the work of God. Christ had a work to do, to sacrifice His life for our sins. He embraced it, He gave Himself to it, it was His purpose for being here. The word complete means to be complete or mature, to reach the intended goal. All of His earthly ministry was to reach and fulfill the goal of offering atonement for our sins. Our goal in life, our food to sustain us, is to live so Christ’s work is fulfilled in each of us, to have eternal life. Is that what you live for? Let’s reach God’s goal for us, one day at a time. Have a great day. God bless.

Robert