What are you looking for?

John 6:²⁶Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled."

 

The crowd that had been miraculously fed one day before followed Jesus across the sea of Galilee.  Apparently they were more interested in getting another free meal than they were in believing Jesus to be the Son of God.  They were settling for stomach contentment.  Jesus wanted them to think past their next meal and set their sights on eternity.  So He said to them:  ²⁷"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."  The people wanted a simple list of good works they could do but Jesus gave them another kind of work: ²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."  The people wanted another 'miracle show' to amaze them before they'd believe.  But Jesus told them that their need wasn't to see more miracles, but to realize the source of the miracle they'd just seen the day before: ³²Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven."  They were looking for bread.  Jesus wanted them to know that He was looking for them: ⁴⁰"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

 

Have you found the One who is looking for you?

 

blessings,

Rob Smith