Nurturing your spirit

We know that God wants us to be obedient to His Word and to the Holy Spirits' leadings. We try to do this because we know that is what God expects from us, obedience. However, in all the dealings God has with His children, His requirements are more for our benefit than His.

When Jesus ministered to the woman at the well in John chapter 4, he told His disciples, when they had returned with lunch that "he had food to eat that they knew nothing about". On questioning each other on who could have supplied this (physical) food, Jesus replied, "my food (spiritual), is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work"

The two aspects of Jesus reply shows us His obedience to the Father's will and His desire to complete all that was asked of Him.
This action nourished Jesus not physically but spiritually. It was to Him the same as physical food, only better; it was food that would last.

It is the same with us; obedience to God's Word on occassions may leave us physically, emotionally and mentally drained but not spiritually exhausted. Our inner man will be well-fed and will provide us with all that is required to finish the work that God has for us to do.

This results in a win:win situation. God's Kingdom is advanced and we grow in spiritual stature and authority.