Monday, June 2, 2008 @ 6:00 AM
John 4.

I read John 4 today. It talks about the Samaritan woman's meeting with Jesus.

Verses 34-37 really stood out to me.

34"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

35Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

36Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

37Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.

38I 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."

I pray that God will change me to be just like in verse 34, where my food will be to do the will of God and fufill His plan.

As for the following verses, I felt that God wants to tell us that when reaching out to friends, we do not procrastinate, thinking that the time is not ripe yet. The harvest is ripe and plentiful, but the workers are few.

Also, the person who plants the seedlings may not reap what he sows. Another person may reap the harvests instead. Just like when we bring friends to church, and they receive Christ, they maybe not come into our cell, but be allocated to another.

So let us bring friends to church, for Jesus is coming soon, and not think about who reaps the harvest.

God is good, all the time!

Monday, June 2, 2008 @ 6:00 AM
John 4.

I read John 4 today. It talks about the Samaritan woman's meeting with Jesus.

Verses 34-37 really stood out to me.

34"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

35Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

36Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

37Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.

38I 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."

I pray that God will change me to be just like in verse 34, where my food will be to do the will of God and fufill His plan.

As for the following verses, I felt that God wants to tell us that when reaching out to friends, we do not procrastinate, thinking that the time is not ripe yet. The harvest is ripe and plentiful, but the workers are few.

Also, the person who plants the seedlings may not reap what he sows. Another person may reap the harvests instead. Just like when we bring friends to church, and they receive Christ, they maybe not come into our cell, but be allocated to another.

So let us bring friends to church, for Jesus is coming soon, and not think about who reaps the harvest.

God is good, all the time!