Thursday 16 Jun 2022

June 16: John 6:51-58

Key Verse: John 6:52
Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’

Devotion:
I have heard many arguments about this subject and I’m pretty sure I will hear many more: what did Jesus mean about His blood and body? We can argue about exactly what Jesus meant but we will never know the exact definition until we see Him face to face – then we can ask Him!

But, despite never knowing, Jesus wants us to have faith to believe what He was telling the people at this time. Each person’s definition may differ but we should all be able to agree on the fact Jesus gave His body and blood for our sakes; if we take that literally or metaphorically or whatever is going to be our choice. Jesus wants us to try to understand what He was saying. To do this we need one of two things: either we should have Jesus in person to explain exactly what He meant, or we should have the one He left behind for us to explain what we need to know!

If we are not going to partake in this feast, we fall short of the mark. But the feast is not physical because that would be gross – Jesus was in Human form! The feast can be the fact Jesus gave it all for you, or us believing what He did was for us, or us celebrating the fact Jesus did this all… etc. But the central point should be we have faith to believe it was all for us!

The Israelites had to have faith to not try and hide away yesterday’s manna but to use it all and wait for God to supply a new batch in the morning. Just like that we need to have faith to trust God is going to supply us with our daily needs no matter what – even if we do not have enough faith to totally trust, we will still see the amazing miracle of His love as needs are fulfilled!

Points to Ponder:
How much of your doubt is because of physical issues?

How much faith are you willing to have that nothing is impossible for God?