John
4- Jesus the Human
Because
Jesus was truly human, He experienced weariness, hunger, and thirst, but His
deepest desire was for the salvation of the sinful woman. He forgot His
physical needs and concentrated on her spiritual needs. Patiently He revealed
Himself to her: “a Jew,” “greater than Jacob,” “a prophet,” “Messiah”. She
believed in Him, and her life was so changed that she immediately shared the
good news with others.
The
will of God should be food that nourishes us, not medicine that upsets us. The
disciples were satisfied with material food, but Jesus wanted the satisfying
spiritual food from God. The will of God gives us the strength we need to do
our job in the great harvest all around us. By paying attention to what the
unsaved say, Christians may receive exactly the cue they need to initiate a
spiritual conversation. Today, believers need to lift their eyes and look at
the fields, people near them are ready to be saved (matt. 9:37; Luke 10:2).
Salvation
is to the inner person what health is to the body. The boy would have died had
Jesus not intervened and given him health. The father heard, believed, and knew,
which is a normal Christian experience. The father came to Jesus sincerely and
with intensity; the journey to Jesus was a 20-mile trip from Capernaum to Cana
over mountainous terrain. He had faith in Jesus and believed. Humans think
seeing is believing, when believing is seeing in the spiritual realm. God is
always working, sometimes 20 miles away; sometimes 2,000 miles away (Ps.
66:18,19). This is the second sign that John presents to prove Jesus’ divinity.
Jesus
won the woman; the woman won many Samaritans; and the father won his whole
household. We should be busy in the harvest.
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