June 18
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DOING GOD’S WILL IS NOURISHMENT
27 At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?” 28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and said to the men, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?” 30 They went out of the city, and were coming to Him. –31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.- John 4:27-34
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At this point of the story about this Samaritan woman whom Jesus intended to meet at the well, we can observe the amazement of the disciples who watched Jesus defied the protocol not to talk to Samaritans if one is a Jew. They couldn’t even voice out their questions about the radical act of Jesus approaching and talking to a Samaritan woman. I am certain that Jesus knew what they were thinking. He is God after all. The disciples avoided the question and diverted to asking him to eat. They were offering Jesus food for the body but the Lord speaks to them about spiritual nourishment that comes from doing the will of God. Yet, the disciples didn’t understand spiritual things because at this point Jesus have not died yet on the cross, so they do not yet have the Holy Spirit living in their hearts to teach them about spiritual things. So, they were wondering if someone else have brought food for Jesus. This is an interesting conversation where the disciples are talking about fleshly things and Jesus is speaking about spiritual things. So, the disciples didn’t comprehend what Jesus was saying. Isn’t this what happen to most of us often? We miss out the lesson because we are looking at it in the worldly perspective? Because we are humans, we are limited in understanding, but once, we become believers, we have the Holy Spirit living in us who will make us see things beyond what we can understand. We are given the power to have discernment and wisdom to do the things that the Father ask us if we believe and obey. Once again, the writer John gives us an amazing picture of Jesus purpose when he came down on earth: salvation for mankind. The physical nourishment is not as important as the spiritual food that comes from doing God’s will.
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REFLECTION
• What has God been asking you to do for his will to be done here on earth?