John 6:22-29 Jesus is the Bread of Life

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.  There came other small boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.  So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.  When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?” Jesus 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.  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.”  Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

It has been said that the Israelite s were less interested in the King of Kings than in Burger King.  In the beginning of the gospels Jesus declared to Satan that man does not live by bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the Father.  When Jesus visited the woman at the well, Jesus offered her “living water” the kind of water that once drank, the person does not become thirsty again.  But time after time, mankind shows a propensity to choose the temporary over permanent and the fake over the real.  But Solomon said it well when he declared that man’s purpose is the fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom.

Daily Prayer:  Lord Jesus, let us not fear those things that can hurt our body and not our soul.  Instead let us protect the soul because this is what belongs to You and will abide forever.  In Your holy name I pray Amen.