The people after seeing the miracle perceived that God had sent a prophet in the world and they intended to take Him by force and make Him a king but Jesus withdrew by the mountain alone.
Here we learn from Jesus that there is no earthly or political position that can equal being in the place God wants you to be, doing what He wants you to do. The centre of God's will for your life is the greatest achievement you can ever make in your life; and the good thing is that it has nothing better than it but it has many enemies and distractions. Determine to always be in God's appointed place for you doing your appointed task.
Jesus didn't go even with His disciples because of the urgency of the matter. He had no time for explanations.
The disciples went to Capernaum by boat and there was strong winds; then Jesus came walking on water and and the disciples got afraid and He told them that it was he not to be afraid and they welcomed Him to the boat and immediately they arrived.
We see here that sometimes God withdraws His manifest presence from us just as He left the disciples; but even when He seems silent, He still cares. He came through when the disciples were in trouble and they were at peace. The presence of Jesus always brings peace.
The crowds took boats to Capernaum seeking for Jesus. He told them that they were seeking for Him because they ate bread, not because they understood the miracles.
We learn here that the miracles of Jesus were with a purpose; and that is to teach something. Even today He is the same. The miracles He performs in our lives are to teach us a lesson. Learn to seek to always learn something from the workings of God in your life.
Even in the situations and challenges we face in life, we should have an attitude of; what is this trying to teach me? And learn a lesson for yourself.
Man is naturally selfish. He is only thinking about, " I, my, me, myself" and Jesus came to deliver us from selfishness.
Jesus said, But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”
As someone has said; don't live for the temporal but on eternal things. Let things with eternal values have the highest priorities in your life.
" A question that can help you determine how much value to place is, after I die, how much important will this be to me? When am in heaven and I look at what am living for today, will I see I was wise or foolish? How much will this count on the last day.
The people asked Jesus what they must do to do the works of God and He told them they were to believe in Him.
Here we learn for us to do the works of God, for us to fulfill God's purpose for our lives, we must trust in Jesus. Our entire life must lean on Him for guidance, for direction, for strengthening, for wisdom for everything just like a branch leans on the tree for everything and bears fruits. We'll be fruitful if our entire lives is dependent on Christ.
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