Today we are studying John 6 with our church planter in residence, Stephen Searles, in a stand-alone, yet thematically-connected, passage.
In today's teaching portion, we see that Jesus and his disciples are exhausted from being constantly followed by crowds looking for miracles. After preaching all day, Jesus sees the crowds are hungry and tired as well so, moved with compassion, He performs a miracle to feed them. However, this miracle is so much more than just food–it is a sign for things to come. The next day the crowds again find Jesus demanding more from Him to satisfy their physical needs, but Jesus declares their one true need is to believe in Him because He is the bread of life.
As we worship through studying John 6 together, we will have an opportunity to consider how often we learn something about God that is hard to understand and maybe even question whether we can continue to follow him. How often do we lean into our own calculations and understanding to see how God could possibly do anything–let alone much–with what we see as so little?
