Ears to Hear, and Hearts to Learn
Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is from John 6. It is an interesting chapter as it highlights two famous miracles of Jesus: the feeding of the five thousand, and Him walking on the Sea of Galilee to his disciples in a boat. However, and more sobering, is the last half of the chapter that has Jesus teaching about Himself as the bread of Life...and the resulting departure of many of his unbelieving "believers." Jesus starts off by giving the reason for their departure before they even get to the question: "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw the miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill" (verse 26). Their following of Jesus was not a faith issue, but of simple human logic: 'nice guy, wise words, good food--follow him!' Obviously, they had missed the boat completely. The crux of the issue was, and is still, about having eternal life with Jesus, o...