THE MOST SATISFYING FOOD
John 4:31–34
The great keynote of Jesus’s life is submission to the will of God. His uniqueness lies in the very fact that he was the only person who ever was or who ever will be perfectly obedient to God’s will. It can be truly said that Jesus is the only person in all the world who never did what he liked but always what God liked.
It is his great desire that we should be as he was.
(i) To do the will of God is the only way to peace. There can be no peace when we are at variance with the king of the universe.
(ii) To do the will of God is the only way to happiness. There can be no happiness when we set our human ignorance against the divine wisdom of God.
(iii) To do the will of God is the only way to power. When we go our own way, we have nothing to call on but our own power, and therefore collapse is inevitable. When we go God’s way, we go in his power, and therefore victory is secure.
Barclay, William, Daily Study Bible Series: The Gospel of John - Volume 1 Chapters 1-7 (Revised Edition), (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press) 2000, c1975.
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