Good Eats (John 4)

John 4 contains one my favorite Bible verses. I love John 4:34. There, Jesus says: "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work." Food is the thing that nourishes. It gives us energy and animates. Of course, it also gives us pleasure and satisfies our longings (or at least the longings of our stomachs). To Jesus, God's Work did all of these things. It nourished Him. It gave Him energy and animated Him. It gave Him joy and satisfied His longing for purpose.

I need to view the doing of God's will and work as Jesus did. As Jesus points out in verse 35, there remains much work to do. There is still a harvest of people to be had for the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately,we are often satisfied with junk food. We substitute all sorts of garbage for the food that God gives. Some of that junk food may seem to taste good. It may seem to energize us for a short time. But, in the end, there is really no long term benefit in it. In fact, there is only detriment. Let's get our food at the right place. Let's draw strength and joy and energy from carrying out God's will.