Thursday, February 4, 2016

Work to Know Jesus

Joh 6:27  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Do we labor for meat that endures to everlasting life?  Do we really labor for it?  No. Very few truly WORK to know God.  Can you imagine WORKING to know God? Think about it for a few minutes. WORKING to know God.

Would we rather leave the WORKING to know God to the pastors, the preachers, the teachers?

Let's read this with a bit of context.

Joh 6:25  And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
Joh 6:26  Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Joh 6:27  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Joh 6:28  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Joh 6:29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

The many thousands had been fed by the miracle food provided by Jesus and Jesus told them the only reason they were seeking Him was because they'd received and ate that food, not because of the one who provided that food, the miracle of that food. Here was one who could feed them- they never need go hungry again. That WAS what they were thinking, they weren't thinking about the message Jesus came to bring to them- HEAVEN and SALVATION. They were thinking about their temporary needs. 

Jesus wanted them to labor for eternal meat, not temporal meat.

They asked Jesus, what should they do to work the works of God, and Jesus told them- BELIEVE ON HIM WHO GOD SENT. 

It is our WORK to believe in Jesus Christ our Savior!  OUR WORK to believe!

Are we working?

By the grace and mercy of God may we WORK to believe! Study, pray, praise, worship our Savior now and always!

In the name of our SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD now and forever!

AMEN!

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