Look Up!Look up!

Look up!

It has been said that we live in the busiest society ever. We text, fax and e-mail to save time when in reality we are busier than ever. I have a friend who is a Ohio State Highway patrol officer and he has told me in Dayton, they stop someone driving over 100 miles per hour at least once a week on average. When the disciples returned to be with Jesus, they think they are going to the Samaritan town to buy food and stick with their agenda. They were in a hurry.

In this story, we see first that the disciples are concerned about Jesus welfare but he uses this as a teachable moment. “I have food to eat that you know nothing about” John 4:32 What was he talking about? “My food’ said Jesus, “is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish his work” John 4:34 Doing the will of the Father was the driving force in Jesus’ life. It was all consuming to Him. If he were concerned about the immediate needs in His life, he may have blown right past this opportunity not only for the Samaritan woman but for the entire village she came from.

A favorite story I have run across is the story of a man in Africa that had a passion for diamonds. Everyday he went to the mines in search of wealth and fortune digging for diamonds. Thirty years went by and he made enough to sell his property and open a new mine far away from his village. The mine went bust and he was very poor again. He sought to move back to his old life and village. To his surprise the gentleman he had sold his house to had torn down the old shack and put up a palatial estate and had purchased several acres around it and put up a large wall. He inquired to meet with the man and find out what had changed in his life. The rest of the story? The man had been putting a garden in behind the little shack and found a large, clear rock during his digging. It was a diamond. A four carat diamond. He continued to dig and they continued to be found. 65 million dollars worth. Sometimes the Lord calls us to a foreign place to share his love but most times the most valuable sharing we can do is in our own back yard.

There is no greater joy in life than to share your faith with a friend.

Read John 4: 34-38

Assignment: Choose one person to pray that they find Christ in their life.