John

Intro

John 4:27–42 ESV

Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the town and were coming to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “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. Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

The disciples walk into what seems like an awkward situation

The woman, maybe sensing the tension but definitely having an ah-ha moment, runs back into the town with a message for everyone: the messiah might be out by the well.

For Jesus, God’s Work is Spiritual Food

Work of God Top Priority

more important than food

when he’s hungry and thirsty, his mind was on mission

what is your priority? Physical needs, selfish wants?

Work of God Most Satisfying

more satisfying than a good meal on an empty stomach

hes satisfied after preaching the gospel

what satisfies you?

Work of God is Plentiful

not only is this work a priority, and satisfying, but it is also plentiful.

God’s Work Leads To Belief

the result of Gods work is belief, first in the woman and then in the others.

This work leads to belief in you!

this work has been handed to you, you are entering the same field.