27 Just then his disciples arrived. They were astonished to find him talking to a woman, but none of them asked him why he was doing it or what they had been discussing.
28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back to the village and told everyone,
29 "Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?"
30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back to the village and told everyone,
29 "Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?"
30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus to eat.
32 "No," he said, "I have food you don't know about."
33 "Who brought it to him?" the disciples asked each other.
34 Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.
35 Do you think the work of harvesting will not begin until the summer ends four months from now? Look around you! Vast fields are ripening all around us and are ready now for the harvest.
36 The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!
37 You know the saying, `One person plants and someone else harvests.' And it's true.
38 I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and you will gather the harvest."
The woman left her jar! She had come there for water. But she left her jar; she must have been in a hurry to tell others about the Messiah. Excited about the living water he offered her.
The woman saw the light of Jesus. She wanted to share this. She went to her village to share this. And they came streaming back to discover Jesus for themselves.
The light of Jesus was obvious to this woman. She took her mind off earthly things to tell others about Christ.
At this point, the Disciples are concerned about getting Jesus to eat. He must have been tired and hungry. But, doing the will of God was as essential to Jesus as eating.
We need to take our minds off earthly things. We need to get our heart and soul busy doing the will of God. Planting the seeds. Reaping the harvest.
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