The disciples came back and marvelled at Jesus speaking to the woman but didn't ask her why He spoke to her.
She left the water pots and went to her town and told the men that she saw the Messiah who told her everything. They believed and followed her to Jesus.
This is a wonderful way of sharing a testimony; in such away that you will not draw people to yourself but rather to Jesus. At the end people will not think of what a great person you are but rather, what a wonderful saviour you have and will want to follow Him.
The disciples were urging Him to eat. These disciples has a genuine concern for their master. They not only thought of themselves but if the interests of others. We can also learn from the disciples to care for the needs of others.
Jesus responded that He had food the disciples knew nothing about and they wondered whether someone gave Him food when left Him.
Jesus said that His food was doing the will of the Father and accomplishing His work.
What satisfied the heart of Jesus was doing God's will and finishing His God-given purpose.
The purpose of food is nourishing the body; as it's said, we eat to live not live to eat. If we don't eat our bodies becomes weaker and weaker but we become stronger after eating so that we are able to work. In the same way, if we want to strong to do tomorrows tasks, we must eat today.
If we want to be strong to do God's will tomorrow, we must do God's will today.
If we want strength to obey God tomorrow, we must obey Him today.
This must be our utmost desire, to do God's will everyday. At the end of the day you should have an attitude of asking yourself whether you did God's will today? Is there a place I dishonoured God? Is there something I should not have done or said, or could I do it I a better way?
Learn to judge yourself everyday to see whether you have done God's will for that day for this is the only way you can be sure to do God's will tomorrow otherwise you will be deceiving yourself.
He continued and said that we shouldn't says there is still time before harvest but we should lift up our eyes for the harvest is ripe.
We can say that we should say that we will obey God tomorrow or do His will tomorrow, but God's will must be done as long as it's called today.
He is sending us to harvest where we never reaped; we are entering their labours so that we all can rejoice.
Thus others have done for God in the past should be a motivation for us to do something of eternal value with our lives, and become a blessing in our generation. As the old saints begun in their devotion to Christ, we are encouraged to do so in our generation. It's good to read the writings of the old saints and missionary biographies. These are rare gems to find today. But you can find some of the old saints here👉🏽 sermonindex.net
When people came and listened to Jesus, they said to the woman that they not only believed because of her testimony but also because they heard Jesus. Jesus left after two days for He said a prophet is honoured everywhere else except in his own hometown and among his relatives.
A royal official whose son was sick went to Jesus and Jesus said that unless they saw signs and wonders they wouldn't believe. The man was not offended at the reply of Jesus but asked Him to go and heal his son. Jesus said to Him that His son was well and he believed the words of Jesus.
Do you get offended with the words of Jesus? Do you get offended when you read something Jesus said which you are not comfortable with and you try to explain it away for for you to accept it?
Such an attitude is a great hindrance to faith and spiritual growth. Ger out of the baby class where you get offended easily and grow up. Overcome getting offended.
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