Meditation John 6:22-29
2. Then they too took the ship and went to Capernaum seeking for Jesus. ( V24)
3. When they saw him on the other side, they asked him when he came the other side. ( V25)
4. Jesus said to them that they sought him not for the miracles which they saw but for the food they ate and were filled. (V26)
5. Christ then said that we should not labour for the food that perishes but for the food that will endure unto everlasting life that CHRIST himself gives to those who are sealed by God. (V27)
6. Then they asked him what they should do that they might work the works of God. (V28)
7. For this, Christ told them to believe him, that has been sent by the father and that is the work of God. (V29)
When I was meditating on this portion, the question came up to me that if we can all ponder, it will change our thinking of what we seek from God.
Seeking God:
The question that comes to us today is,
1. "what do we seek from God?"
2. What do you think is the difference in the way the disciples sought Christ and that of the People?
3. What made the disciples so special that Jesus walked on the sea to be with them?
LIFE APPLICATION 1:
What do we seek from God? (V26)
1. Seeking the Kingdom of God:
Many times we seek for what the world can offer and for things that are concerned with our present needs. But the word of God says,
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Luke:12:29
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Luke:12:30
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke:12:31
Let me give you a small reference on the kingdom of God.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Romans:14:17
This is what Christ meant by labouring for the kingdom of God.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
John:6:27
2. Seeking God's glory and His will and not ours:
God expects us to seek his glory and HIS will than ours.
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John:5:30
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John:8:50
3. Seeking signs :
God does not want us to seek signs, but to believe in the gospel.
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians:1:22
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1 Corinthians:1:23
4. We should seek to be justified by Christ and not to please any man:
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Galatians:1:10
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is, therefore, Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Galatians:2:17
5. Seeking the resurrected Christ:
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
Matthew:28:5
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Matthew:28:6
The WORD of GOD says,
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew:7:7
This is what CHRIST tells us, what we seek we shall find. So let us seek things of the above.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians:3:1
LIFE APPLICATION 2:
What is the difference between the people and the disciples in seeking God.?
The disciples mind was seeking how and where to dwell with God and abide with him.
Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
John:1:38
But the people were seeking how to receive earthly things and to be filled.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
John:6:26
Are we seeking God to know who he is, or what he can give us? Let us analyse ourselves.
LIFE APPLICATION 3:
What made Christ go searching for the disciples when they were in trouble?
For this, I would want to explain the life of Mary.
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
John:11:32
When Jesus, therefore, saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
John:11:33
Jesus was troubled in his Spirit when Mary cried.
Here Jesus explains the reason,
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke:10:42
Mary chose a good part, seated at the feet of God, seeking for his kingdom. So when she was troubled Christ could not bear it.
Same is with the disciples. They sought the kingdom of God and his righteousness and God came searching for them in their trouble.
Let us allow the spirit of God to search our hearts. Amen.
