John 6:22-29
Are we looking for Jesus in the right place?
The people that Jesus had slipped away from the evening before suddenly realised that Jesus was not with them. Where as the disciples had not waited for him, these people couldn't find him, although it didn't take them long before they realised that the only boat available for them to cross over lake Galilee had been taken by the disciples and for some reason they knew that Jesus had not gone with them. In the event they managed to secure passage across the lake to Cappernaum to look for him using some boats that were "passing" by. For what reason were they trying to find him, I wonder? However, Jesus wasn't under any illusion as to why they followed him and searched for him, in a very straight forward way he tells them they only wanted to find him for what they could get from him to satisfy their physical bodies. he then goes on to say don't spend your energies on acquiring materialism, but rather seek eternal life that I (Jesus) can give.
These people were no different to people today in that they asked the question what must we do?" John 6:28. Jesus answers "believe on Him whom He has sent" John 6:29. So often we think we have to earn God where as really all we have to do is believe, trust and obey that our lives are in God's hands. Belief is salvation because it is not what I do that saves me but what God has done for me.
Are we looking for Jesus in the right place?
The people that Jesus had slipped away from the evening before suddenly realised that Jesus was not with them. Where as the disciples had not waited for him, these people couldn't find him, although it didn't take them long before they realised that the only boat available for them to cross over lake Galilee had been taken by the disciples and for some reason they knew that Jesus had not gone with them. In the event they managed to secure passage across the lake to Cappernaum to look for him using some boats that were "passing" by. For what reason were they trying to find him, I wonder? However, Jesus wasn't under any illusion as to why they followed him and searched for him, in a very straight forward way he tells them they only wanted to find him for what they could get from him to satisfy their physical bodies. he then goes on to say don't spend your energies on acquiring materialism, but rather seek eternal life that I (Jesus) can give.
These people were no different to people today in that they asked the question what must we do?" John 6:28. Jesus answers "believe on Him whom He has sent" John 6:29. So often we think we have to earn God where as really all we have to do is believe, trust and obey that our lives are in God's hands. Belief is salvation because it is not what I do that saves me but what God has done for me.
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