What are you working for? We ask ourselves that sometimes. We wonder, “What are we working for?” It seems as though we work and work and work, and there is nothing to show for it. We are not appreciated. We are underpaid. We barely get by from week to week.
So, what are you working for? There is something you should be working for. All of us should be working for the same thing, the food that endures for eternal life. Sound odd? It might. It is not of this world. We normally think of the food we eat to sustain our physical bodies.
What is the food that endures for eternal life? It is the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Word of God. Jesus tells us He will give us this food. If He will give it to us, what is the work? The work is to believe Him and believe in Him. It is to see all of Scripture as being about Him. The Bible is the story of God working in this world. It is a book from which we can gain insights into how we should live our lives.
But how do we understand the Bible? Jesus says He will give us the understanding we need when He says He will give us the food that endures for eternal life. We do not need to know and understand every tiny detail. We need to trust that Jesus will reveal what we need to know. Rather than bringing all our baggage and the worlds view, we need to allow Jesus to renew our minds and reveal His truth.
I pray we all work for the food that endures eternal life. I pray we seek to fill ourselves with Jesus. I pray each one of us asks Jesus to reveal to us the truth of His Word He wants us to know. Work for the true food. Trust Jesus will give it to you. Fill yourself with Him.
John 6:25-27 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”
Marty Pressey 