Everyone enjoys eating!  Food plays an important part in every culture.  Not only is food enjoyable, it is essential to nourish and sustain our bodies. 

 

Jesus and his disciples stopover in the town of Sychar for a rest.  Since it is lunch time, the disciples head to the town to buy food, while Jesus waits by the well.  When they return Jesus is speaking with a woman. By now they are hungry, so they urge Jesus to eat.  However he says something unusual.  “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

 

What does Jesus mean?  There is something that is more important to him than food, and it is to  do the will of his Heavenly Father.  What could be more satisfying than gathering in a harvest of souls?  As Jesus is speaking, the woman and others she has witnessed to, are coming towards him.

All of us who believe in Jesus are involved in the harvest.  It is the Father’s will for everyone to have the opportunity to come to him.  Some of us may sow, others reap, but we can all share in the joy of seeing the harvest gathered in.

 

So often we limit the harvest to the future.  “Four months more and then the harvest.”  I believe the Lord is wanting to remind us again that the fields are white for harvest today.  Yes, let’s keep sowing seeds, but be expectant that you will have the joy of reaping too.

 

We live in an age where so many live for their own pleasure.  There are times for fun and relaxation, however what brings the deepest satisfaction is doing what our Heavenly Father wants.  Just as food nourishes our bodies, so doing God’s will nourishes our spirit.  Not only that, it satisfies us and brings eternal rewards.