Many went out of the
city, and were coming to him. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him,
saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know
about.”
The disciples said to each other, “Has anyone brought him
something to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who
sent me, and to accomplish his work. Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months
until the harvest?’ I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that
they are white for harvest already. Those who reap receive wages, and gather
fruit to eternal life; that both those who sow and those who reap may rejoice
together. For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ I sent
you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you
have entered into their labor.”
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him
because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”
When the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed
there two days. Many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman,
“Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves,
and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
Reflections
The physical needs Jesus had were
real, but not dominant. He was tired and stopped to rest. He was thirsty and
asked for water. He was hungry, but found his nourishment in doing God’s will. Do
you control your appetites or do your appetites control you? Are you honest
about the addictions or obsessions you have?
Prayer:
Give me strength, Lord, to gain control over the desires that seek to control
me.
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