"Jesus said to them, of 'My food is to do the will of Him
Who sent Me, and to finish His work.'" Jesus said this to His disciples after they encouraged Him to eat after His conversation with the sinful woman at the well in Sychar. Jesus told them in verse 32, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." Verse 34 is Jesus' explanation of His witnessing to the woman at the well, and is a great explanation to us of why Jesus came. First, Jesus said that He came "to do the will of Him Who sent me." Jesus came to earth and dwelt among men that He might carry out the will of the Father. Jesus did not come to the earth accidentally, nor did He come without purpose. When Jesus talked to the woman at the well, and told her that He was the Messiah, He was doing the will of the Father. It is just so interesting to me that in doing the Father's will, Jesus was talking to a woman who was of no real importance to the world at large, to tell her who and what He was. He saw a woman who needed Him, and needed His salvation, and explicitly told her who He was. The will of the Father was that Jesus save the rich and poor, the worldly successful and the worldly poor. The will of the Father is always that "whosoever will may come..." The "food" that Jesus spoke of here was, and is, to save people from their sins....(Aren't we all glad of that!) Jesus also said that His "food" was to finish the work that the Father sent Him to do. Little did the disciples know that to "finish the Father's work" would mean that He would have to die on the cross. In witnessing to the sinful woman at the well in Sychar, Jesus was doing what He came to earth to do. in a larger sense, part of the work that Jesus needed to finish was to also confront us with His gospel. People did not consider this sinful woman important, but to Jesus she was not just important, she was precious to the Father. You might not consider yourself important to the world, but you are precious in the Heavenly Father's sight. Jesus Finished the work of the Father on the cross at Calvary so that all who would come to Him by faith could be saved. This means that you need Jesus, and every rich and poor person in the world needs Jesus. He died on the cross to finish the work that would save you. Let's praise God that we are precious enough in His sight to be saved for all eternity. (Go ahead! Praise Him!) Bro. Joe
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