Thursday September 28
Bible Reading: John 6: 22 - 27
Topic: Labour For The Food That
Endures Forever
Jesus said to the woman of
Samaria "everyone who drinks this
water will be thirsty again but whoever drinks the water I give him will never
thirst, indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water
welling up to eternal life" (John 4: 13 - 14)
After the feeding of the
5000 and the twelve baskets of left-overs, the crowds were soon hungry again.
They frantically searched for Jesus to satisfy their physical hunger. Jesus
challenged their focus on physical food and refused to allow them to call His
agenda by moving to another place.
Paul warned the Philippian
Christians, "for as I have often told you before, many live as enemies of the
Cross of Christ; their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach,
their mind is on earthly things .... (Phil. 3: 18 - 19)
Today, there are many
religious crusades just to satisfy the stomach of the Minister and the
congregation
Jesus warns that we should
not expend energy on bread which cannot endure but rather on things that have
eternal values.
What is the priority of
your Church in their 2017 budget?
What is your own individual priority for 2017?
Prayer
Lord, please align our
thoughts, programmes and projects on things that have eternal values, Amen.
Memory Verse John 6: 27
"Labour not for the
meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life,
which the Son of Man shall give unto you, for Him hath God the Father sealed."
Source:
The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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