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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