The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

You reap what you sow, and sow what you reap…

John 4:27-39
27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Sow my friends. It is what we are called to do. If someone told you that you are to plant a tree that you will never sit in the shade of, would you still plant it? The answer is YES! We are sent to spread the news, not hold it for personal gain. Jesus has come and will come again. Do not be fooled by your eyes. Listen to the still small voice of the Holy Spirit.

Be fulfilled, not just filled. If you hunt for what your stomach wants only, will not your soul thirst and hunger for more? It will and it does. Daily you fill your belly yet I am almost sure that you can recall one moment where you satisfied your flesh yet yearned for calmness in you soul and heart. That is what Jesus is talking about.

You can chase what your eyes and ears hear and see, but it isn’t until your heart and soul are fulfilled with the love and forgiveness of the Holy Spirit that you will find rest and peace. The love of the Father trumps all things. It is enough to make you fall to your knees and praise the God of the Universe.

Let us sow today, and reap the gift of Jesus Christ from God the Father. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK