Live 4 The LORD

READ

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”  (John 4:10, RSV2CE)

13 Jesus said to her, “Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again, 14  but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15  The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”  (John 4:13–15, RSV2CE)

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. 24  God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23–24, RSV2CE)

But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”  (John 4:32, RSV2CE)

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.  (John 4:34, RSV2CE)

REFLECT

God has a gift He wants to give me. He wants me to ask for this living water. This living water is a spring that will satisfy me unto eternal life. It makes me never thirsty again for earthly things. 

Jesus, I want this living water that will satisfy me from drawing from the world and brings me to eternal life. 

God wants worshippers that worship in Spirit and Truth. He does not want lip service, or dead works without love. He wants the whole person living out His truth with the power of the Holy Spirit. 

I can say I’m a believer and not obey His teachings. I can act like a believer doing great works without love for God and people. It has to be both. I have to love God and people in truth with words and actions from the Spirit that change hearts. Motivation of the heart is what God is after. 

Jesus’s food is to do the will of God and accomplish what He is sent for. 

PRAY

Change my heart oh God! Give me Your motivation! Make me new and help me surrender to Your Spirit. Help me tell and do Your truth!

The water of God is the Spirit, the food of God is to do His will and accomplish the purpose He made me for. Help me God be who you made me to be and fulfill my purpose. 

I am here to be led by the Spirit, to love God and people in truth so that others can see God, His ways, and be saved. I must truly love others and tell the truth, even if it makes them angry. Only truth leads to salvation, lies lead to hell. I do not want to be a part of leading people to hell because I am a coward and don’t want to anger people. 

I must turn from the world, I must choose to listen and obey the Spirit, I must love from my heart. If I stop listening to the Spirit and obeying my mind gets dark and I start to go backwards or the wrong way. Help me keep listening and obeying!

The Spirit will not run dry! He will lead me all the way home into eternal life if I continue to follow. Help me Jesus!

My food is to do God’s will my drink is to listen and obey the Spirit in love and truth! I have all I need to fulfill the purpose I was made for, I must go do it!

Amen.