12月30日
标 题：食物
经 节：耶稣说：“我的食物就是遵行差我来者的旨意，做成祂的工。”（约翰福音四章34节）
由耶稣的事工中，我们看到祂行事的优先级与门徒所关切的事，明显不同。门徒通常比较关心如何满足自己肉体的需要（马太福音十四：15-17；约翰福音四：8；路加福音十八：28）。耶稣一再保证天父知道他们的需要，并且会供应（路加福音十一：11-13）。耶稣强调，人生优先的次序应该是：[先求神的国和祂的义]，一切生活所需自然会被供应（马太福音六：33）。
耶稣在井边对那妇人说话时，祂的门徒正在附近村庄买食物。当门徒寻找地上食物时，耶稣给予这个妇人‘活水’，可以永远满足她的灵魂。当门徒回来时，他们怂恿耶稣赶紧吃。祂回答，祂的[食物]是遵行神的旨意。因门徒注意的是地上所需，他们误解了耶稣的回答。耶稣一生遵行天父的旨意。因耶稣那日的顺服，那位妇人得到永生。因她的兴奋，带领许多人来见耶稣，许多人相信耶稣真的是基督——那位救世主（约翰福音四：39-42）。
使徒保罗了解耶稣要教导门徒些什么。当保罗写信给住在罗马的信徒时，他强调：[神的国不在乎吃喝，只在乎公义、和平，并圣灵中的喜乐。在这几样上服事基督的，就为神所喜悦，又为人所称许。]（罗马书十四：17-18）
当撒但试探耶稣把石头变成面包的时候，耶稣引用经文，略述自己的一生与事工的重点：[……使你知道，人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华口里所出的一切话。]（申命记八：3）
Food
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will
of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” (John 4:34)
Throughout
Jesus’ ministry, we see a marked difference between His priorities and the
concerns of His disciples. The disciples were often preoccupied with how to
meet their physical needs (Matt. 14:15–17;_John 4:8; Luke 18:28). Jesus
repeatedly assured them that the Father knew their needs and would provide (Luke
11:11–13). Jesus stressed that their priority was to “seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness”; the necessities of daily life would be provided
(Matt. 6:33). When Jesus spoke to the woman at the well, His disciples had gone
into a nearby town to get food. While His disciples were seeking earthly
nourishment, Jesus was giving this woman “living water” that would satisfy her
soul for eternity. When they returned, the disciples urged Jesus to eat. He
replied that His “food” was to do the will of His Father. Since their attention
was on earthly matters, His disciples misunderstood His reply. Jesus’ very life
came from obeying His Father. Because of Jesus’ obedience that day, the woman
received eternal life. In her excitement, she brought many others to Jesus to
hear for themselves, and many believed that He was indeed the Christ, the
Savior of the world (John 4:39–42).
The
apostle Paul understood what Jesus had been teaching His disciples. When Paul
wrote to the believers in Rome, he stressed that “the kingdom of God is not
eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by
men” (Rom. 14:17–18).
When
Satan tempted Jesus to turn stones into bread, Jesus quoted the Scriptures,
summarizing the focus of His life and ministry: “Know that man shall not live
by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the
Lord” (Deut. 8:3).
