Psalm 78:23-29 / John 6:24-35

This Sunday, and throughout the month of August, the Gospel of John will be the focus of the sermons. This Sunday we will read John 6:24-35. I have always liked John 6, with its focus on bread — literal bread, the bread of heaven, and Jesus as the Bread of Life.

Notice, first, the interplay between literal bread, physical hunger, the bread of heaven, and spiritual hunger. Where is the focus of the people who speak with Jesus? Where is Jesus’ focus? How do we balance our lives in our physical bodies with the life of faith?

Give some serious thought to Jesus’ comment, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent” (John 6:29). What does it mean to “believe in” Jesus? This may seem a simple question; sit with it in prayer.