Jesus said in John 4, "My food...is to do the will of Him Who sent Me and to finish His work." Food is what is needed to sustain our life here on earth. In addition, food is a great joy to me - I like to eat food. Food is also around which I gather with people. I suspect that Jesus meant a little bit of all those things - doing the will of God sustained Jesus, gave Him joy, and allowed Him to be around people. Doing the will of God should sustain us, it should give us joy, and afford us the opportunity to be around people.
Have you ever thought about what sustains you - gets you up out of bed in the morning - makes your heart pump? Is it doing the will of God? Anything else that takes the place of doing God's will is really a false idol. Your false idol doesn't have to be something bad like drugs or criminal activity, it could be something morally neutral like a career, sports, a person, etc. But morally neutral things that take the place of doing God's will are false idols - any good thing that becomes an ultimate thing. Satan doesn't have to get you to do evil things to feel good - as long as he can keep you from doing God's will.
Christianity is about aligning our will with God's. How are you doing?
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