True Satisfaction

“In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” John 4:34

Jesus and His disciples were travelling through Samaria. Jesus waited at the well while the disciples went to buy food. While they were gone, Jesus had a conversation with a woman who came to the well to draw water. As they talked, she came to the realization that Jesus was the Messiah. She immediately left her water pot and rushed back into the city to tell everyone about Jesus. While she was gone, the disciples came back with food and offered some to Jesus. Jesus told them that He had meat (food or sustenance) that they did not know about. This statement confused them a little, and they wondered whether someone had brought food to Jesus. The Lord explained that this sustenance they did not know about was doing the will of the Father.

We all have a natural desire for food. There are certain kinds of food that are more satisfying than others, but Jesus was teaching us that doing God’s will is far more satisfying than any physical food. The Lord has a work for each of us to do. Life will be so much more satisfying when we learn the joy of occupying ourselves with the work that He has given us to do.