THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD PAYS YOU BACK

Today’s Scripture tells a story about the disciples’ SURPRISE when they found Jesus sitting beside a well, totally REFRESHED. When they had left him, he was tired and hungry after traveling a long way to SAMARIA. But in the MEANTIME, He had met a woman and given her life a new BEGINNING. Jesus explained the secret to His renewed STRENGTH: “I get FED by doing what GOD wants Me to do. My STRENGTH, PEACE, JOY, and SATISFACTION come when I serve OTHERS.”

God wants you to make the lives of OTHERS better. When you do the will of your FATHER, you feel ENERGIZED, STRONGER, and REFRESHED. You MAY volunteer in your community or get up early on Sunday and serve in the children’s MINISTRY. You’d THINK you would leave TIRED, but when you help OTHERS, you get REPLENESHED. Strength, joy, energy, peace, and HEALING come to those who SERVE. God reenergizes and REFRESHES you so that at the end of the DAY you AREN’T down, you are UP. GOD pays you BACK.

Today’s Scripture:

John 4:34, MSG

Jesus said, “The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started.”