Jesus, weary and hungry, sat alone by the well; His disciples were gone away to buy bread.
Then came an ignorant woman needing instruction, a sinner needing salvation, and He devoted himself to the task of supplying her needs. He gave her to eat of the Bread of Life, and to drink of the water of salvation. When she ran to call her neighbors to join the feast, He gladly supplied the needs of all who came.
By and by His disciples came and besought Him, saying, "Master, eat." (John 4:31)
But He had ceased to hunger, and to their surprise replied, "I have meat to eat that you know not of.Then they questioned one with another, Has any man brought Him anything to eat? Jesus said unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me." (John 4:32-34)
In ministering to the wants of others He received His own daily bread.--Present Truth, March 26, 1903--Timeline: III-5 (The Samaritan Woman)--John 4:31-34.