John 6:24-35
24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”
28Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30So they said to him, “What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” 35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
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Have you ever “stuffed” yourself during Thanksgiving? After stuffing themselves the disciples go looking for Jesus.
We all have to work for food, to buy clothes, to provide things for our families and others. But Jesus places an additional demand on those who seek to follow him.
“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.”
What is Jesus saying? How does this impact our lives as we seek to follow him?
The disciples respond to Jesus by asking him,
“What must we do to perform the works of God?”
He shifts their efforts away from doing to believing – from the physical to the spiritual. Believing requires faith in the unseen things of God.
What does it mean to believe in Jesus?
How much bread will you eat this Thanksgiving season? Jesus compares himself with bread,
35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
How should this final statement change or perspective on life, knowing that in him we “will never be hungry” and “never be thirsty”?
How does this passage apply to your life?
