Monday, April 15, 2013
John 6:27 "Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you." - Too often we fill our lives and our minds with things that do not satisfy, yet we pursue them as if they not only satisfy but as if we can't get enough and we run back for more knowing that it is only a temporal satisfaction. It is a vicious circle that we can all relate. Yet, we know that we are called to seek things that are imperishable things. The world seems to tell us that imperishable things are too impractical to reach, unattainable, or it just simple doesn't exist. But anyone who has encountered God no words are needed. They know that not only imperishable things DO exist, furthermore they are quite attainable for those you seek and pursue them. First, the Son of Man, Jesus Christ give us Himself is an imperishable food for He is the Bread of Life that has come down from heaven. And whoever eats this Bread shall live forever. Now that's reaching an imperishable life! Jesus has conquered the world, he has conquered sin, he has even conquered death, and now pours down His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, upon all who turn away from sin and are faithful to the Good News of Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Clean living really is not that hard. What I find hard and an uphill battle or a downward spiral is choosing not to live with the mindset that we are answerable to the God that has Created us. One can read in a single setting of less than four hours any of the four Gospels of Jesus Christ; Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. In those four short hours, the time that it takes to run out and watch a movie and get back is enough time to realize Jesus was not simply a prophet, a guru, or a sage. He had power over all of creation, but he used both his words and deeds in healing and saving people from their plight of suffering and hopelessness. He is the Light of the world that has come to dispel all darkness and to save that which was once lost, us.
