John 4:27-38
The Disciples Rejoin Jesus
27Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" 30They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
31Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something."
32But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."
33Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food?"
34"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. 38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."
Jesus defied cultural norms...In this case He talked to a Samaritan woman...She needed the good news, and He was there telling her all about the gospel, about Him, and about His Father...The message about His Father, is what that is important...
Today, most, if not all people believe in causes...Think you cannot do without the internet or wi-fi...Jesus did not have it...Technology has modernized your cause...It seems like the internet, smart phones, and this digital age has more people joining a cause...Facebook, and the ability to socialize locally and globally is making joining a cause easier, and easier -and easier to pick and choose one you believe in...With Facebook and a few e-mails, causes can be started and grow quickly...Back not so many years ago, the farmer knows it takes planting, cultivating, timely rain, and harvest to complete the job he starts...Today many farms are high tech, and things move along so quickly in technology...Modern causes are now being placed on the internet and expanding...It is easier and easier to join your cause...The digital age makes things happen so fast, and so quick are we reading and studying what we need to be involved in...Are we praying to God to be in our lives, and the lives of our families?...Are we just pointing and clicking away, without giving the causes we think are important their proper due?...Participation and a need for action seems to be growing quickly in the digital age, and are we thinking through to the true and end benefits of the harvest...It seems with all the communication advantages of today, we see and enjoy the instant harvest of our cause and causes...I think today, we can get so caught up in our I-Phone, our I-Pad, our computer, our Facebook contacts, our e-mails we maybe missing a part of the planting, cultivating, or harvesting...At least to me, things are certainly going by quickly...
Religion is even growing with technology...Is the internet changing how we view the gospel...Have things changed or is history just the same only happening much faster...I think thousand of years ago, the original theologians, talked to one, two and small groups at places and events and would present their causes for God and His Son...This was the theologian's cause...Without the theologian, can religion be gained (and/or improved) from a few e-mails and a smart phone?...The ancient theologian talked to you, you thought about the gospel, and you decided that day, or later (after studying more, and more, if necessary), whether to believe...Today the saints we listen to are much, much different -in the sense of how they communicate to us...
God gives us talents and guides us...One person may buy the seed, another person may plant the seed, another may sow, and another may harvest...God gives us each a task in life to see a soul mature and harvest...Jesus knows the time it takes to harvest a crop...He knew by giving Himself up for us, and then resurrecting would bring His disciples, and St. Paul a whole new group of souls to harvest, as the people heard and saw this Majestic Miracle (of the resurrection)...Jesus explains to us that sometimes, we must make personal sacrifices in our lives to spread the good news...We are to sow the gospel, whether we will see the harvest or not...It does not matter if others enjoy the benefit of a soul that another has harvested...We cannot get so caught up in our busy lives, and our now many gadgets, let us not miss the harvest...