John 4:31-35(KJV)

³¹ In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.³² But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.³³ Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?³⁴ Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.³⁵ Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”

Isn’t God amazing?   To do His will is sustenance, specifically meat.   I find this interesting as in Hebrews 6 we saw that Paul was urging the believers to grow up and eat meat as mature people do.      How easily we can miss this powerful truth… Doing God’s will strengthens, nourishes us and helps us to grow.

Also interesting is that Jesus actually declined the actual food that he was being offered.   In now way is it implied that He was hungry, but rather that He was fully satisfied on what He had already supped.   How often do I put the feeding my carnal, earthly self while neglecting to dine on the more necessary, more sustaining, more filling meals that a mature believer is called to partake of?  Is it possible that this is part of why we are called to fast, so that we can learn to be satisfied and blessed by this wonderful spiritual meat?   Oh Father, that I will one day receive a full revelation and a desire for the spiritual feast, that like my Lord, I look forward to those fast days knowing that during them I shall be more satisfied and better fed than on all the other days of my life.

Somewhere along the way, we can get caught up in that eddy that pulls us back into a continuous circuit of becoming/growing up/learning enough to get ready enough before we go out and serve and do His will.   Is it possible that one of the very necessary key’s to spiritual work is to just start jumping in and doing God’s will right now?

Equally interesting is the following verse which says there is more than enough work in harvesting the fields that are already ripe and ready…

Isaiah 58 is a wonderful passage full of things that we can do today to start doing the will of the Father.