Today's Journal
WILL AND WORK OF GOD
All life finds its fulfillment now by allowing God’s will to be done. God’s will is plain and clear and without need of interpretation; “and this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in Him, may have eternal life, and I myself will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:39). This is the will of God. It is interesting that just before this, John defines the works of God; Jesus said, “Do not work for food which perishes, but for food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man shall give to you, for on Him the Father, even God, has set His seal. They said to Him, “What must we do to carry out God’s work? Jesus answered, “This is carrying out God’s work: you must believe in the One He has sent” (John 6:27-28). We are thus left with the work and will of God: to believe in life and eternal life as the same thing.The disciples asked for a “sign,” that we may see, and believe you,” and Jesus said, “I am the bread of life, he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he believes in me shall never thirst.” This is the work and will of God: to believe in “the Bread, which comes down from heaven. (John 6:35). He is our manna. We must receive him daily because he cannot be stored up for tomorrow any more than manna could. He sustains us daily.
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.” Jesus