While it is good to seek for Jesus, what’s
more important is the motive that drives one to seek Him. Those who found Him and
invited Him into their journey in life, found rest from the storm and the chaos
of life. There is safety and security in Him. The crowd, who ate of the
supernatural bread Jesus had provided, did not understand the significance of
the miraculous feed. They had not progressed from merely seeking the goods to
seeking the Lord. As far as they were concerned, they only wanted more free food,
and an occasion to hail a new prophet that Moses spoke about. One that would lead
them out of the bondage of the Romans, like what Moses did for their
forefathers in Egypt. Remember, they were so impressed with what they had
experienced that all they wanted was to take Him away and make Him their King.
The next day, those who partook of
the supernatural bread saw Jesus in Capernaum and were mystified. For the night
before they saw Jesus’ disciples going into the boat to get across the Sea of
Galilee, but He did not go with them in the boat. How then could Jesus now be
found in Capernaum with the disciples? They were certain He could not have
walked around the lake. And there was no clear indication that He had taken another
boat across. Evidently other boats had arrived soon but Jesus was not with any
of them. So they asked Him “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
Verse 24 shows us how frantic the crowd was, going about their desperate search for Jesus. They were able to catch a ride from a fleet of passing boats from Tiberias, and came to Capernaum. It’s difficult to imagine all of them now with Jesus again, each with their own selfish motive and reason for their search. The question we need to ask today is: what about us? Why do we seek Jesus? Let’s not put the cart before the horse in our search. Let’s us not only go for what He can provide! For He will definitely bless us. But if we are in it for the blessings and not the Lord Himself, we have missed the point. Let’s invite Jesus into our life for the right reason: that we may follow Him, worship Him and serve Him all the days of our life!
Verse 24 shows us how frantic the crowd was, going about their desperate search for Jesus. They were able to catch a ride from a fleet of passing boats from Tiberias, and came to Capernaum. It’s difficult to imagine all of them now with Jesus again, each with their own selfish motive and reason for their search. The question we need to ask today is: what about us? Why do we seek Jesus? Let’s not put the cart before the horse in our search. Let’s us not only go for what He can provide! For He will definitely bless us. But if we are in it for the blessings and not the Lord Himself, we have missed the point. Let’s invite Jesus into our life for the right reason: that we may follow Him, worship Him and serve Him all the days of our life!
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