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Don’t Be So
Concerned
About Perishable Things
Scripture
27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”
Observation
What
do you want from Jesus?
The
crowds were following Jesus just because He had miraculously fed 5,000 men with
just 2 small fish and 5 small loves of bread. Actually it was more like 15 to
20 thousand people that were miraculously fed that day if you count the women
and the children.
The
crowd continued to follow Jesus hoping to experience another miracle, but they
were not listening to His message of Eternal Life.
The
truth is that you and I are going to live forever. We are going to either live
in Heaven or Hell.
We
are not going to just cease to exist when we die.
Jesus
told the crowd, “Spend your energy seeking the Eternal Life that the Son of Man
can give you.”
The
Bible says in Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
The
crowd wanted from Jesus only what would perish – mere food, when Jesus wanted
them to have way more. He wanted them to have Eternal Life.
What
do you want from Jesus?
John
10:28
I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.
John
5:24
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears
my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be
condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.
Romans
5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us
in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1
John 5:11-15
“And
this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son. He who has the Son has life; he
who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I
write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you
may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in
approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we
ask--we know that we have what we asked of him.”
Application
I
will trust Jesus for everything in my life. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, these are tough days. Help me trust You totally with every detail of my
life. I know that You are with me right in the middle of the storms that come
against me and against those that I love. Show Yourself powerful in the lives
of those that are struggling with health issues. Work a miracle in their lives.
You are the Mighty God and nothing is too hard for You. You are the Giver of
life and our very breath is held in Your Mighty Hand.
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 22;
2 Chronicles 34; John 6Today’s "Life Journal" Daily Bible Reading can be found on Line. Click Here!
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