Monday of the Third Week of Easter – John 6:22-29
Shortly after the feeding of the 5,000 people, his disciples
saw Jesus walking on the sea. The next
day, the crowd of people that was gathered realized that Jesus had not gotten
into the boat with his disciples. Where
had Jesus gone? They were anxious to
find Jesus and to hear him teach. Did
they also hope that Jesus might perform another miracle and once again feed
them?
When the people realized that Jesus was no longer in the
area, they got into boats and crossed over to Capernaum. They hoped to find Jesus there, and Jesus was
there. The people asked Jesus: “Rabbi,
when did you get here?” Jesus did not answer their question. Rather, Jesus
challenged the people. He said to them: “You are looking for me not because of
the signs and wonders I have done. No,
you have come to me because you ate until you were satisfied.” Jesus then tells them: “Do not work for food
that will spoil. Work for the food that
endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you!” The people then asked Jesus what they could do
to accomplish the works of God? Jesus
replied simply and succinctly: “This is the work of God: believe in the One God
sent.”
Do we truly believe in Jesus, the One God sent to us? Do we believe in Him with our whole hearts and
our whole beings or do we simply believe with our minds? Our minds have the
ability to accumulate a great amount of information and understand it. However, belief comes from the heart. The heart may understand and believe a truth
that the mind simply cannot comprehend.
Belief is not logical. Belief cannot be proven. Belief requires us to trust what our hearts
know and understand. Belief and faith
are the greatest gifts we ever will receive! Do we appreciate those gifts?
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