God's work

God's work

 

John 6:16–29

 

After Jesus fed 5,000 people with five barley loaves and two fish and escaped to the mountain, the disciples boarded a boat and went to the other side of Capernaum. While the disciples were on their way in a boat, they met a storm, and Jesus came to them by walking on the sea. The disciples are afraid, but Jesus tells them “It is I, do not be afraid.” They welcome Jesus with joy. People who were full after eating the bread came in a boat in search of Jesus and asked him when he came here. Jesus said that “You are looking for me not because you saw a sign, but because you were satisfied because you ate the bread and did not work for the food that perishes.” He tells them “To work on the bread that will remain for eternal life.” When they asked, “What must we do to do God’s work?” He says that believing in the one God has sent is God’s work.

 

Jesus is the son of God Almighty, who feeds 5,000 people with five barley rice cakes and two fish and walks on the sea. To believe and rely on Jesus as a savior is to do God's work.

 

We should not work for the food that will rot away, but for the food that will remain until eternity. It is to live in faith in Jesus, God, who gives us eternal life.

 

Pray for our families and saints to live with faith in Jesus, the son of God, who is almighty to work for food that will remain until eternity, not for food that will rot away.