He said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”. “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.”
Jn. 4:32-34
Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.”“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.In this discussion on Jesus being the bread of life and the living water, my attention has been drawn to Jesus’ statements about the satisfaction and sustenance he gained from doing what his Father told him to do. I’ve found myself beginning to pray and asking God to show me what he is doing. Jesus’ statement, ‘...the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does’, is massive to me right now.
Jn. 5:17, 19-20
I know that the Father loves me with the same quality of depth of love that he loves Jesus (Jn. 17:23), so I have not only the right, but the invitation to come to my Heavenly Father and ask him to show me all that He is doing.
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What the 2nd passage causes me to think about is the often (incorrect) assumption we have that the Father and the Son have different ways of relating to us in that Jesus was merciful and patient and loving and the Father is distant and judgmental, ever righteous and impartial and uncaring but that isn't the case, the Father and the Son are both merciful and loving.
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