WHY DO YOU COME TO JESUS?
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(John 6:22-29)
The people who came to Jesus
today did not come with the right intention. They were misguided. They came for
food.
They really laboured for it. They
came from far places; they came by boat. They searched for Jesus. They spent
their time and energy actually looking for Jesus.
Jesus knew what they wanted. They
wanted to be fed, they came for material satisfaction. They want to eat and go
and remain the way they are. They don't care about the message of Christ. They
don't care about what Jesus has to offer apart from food.
Jesus is more than a political
Messiah. He wants to give us what lasts. He is not like our politicians who
make immediate impressions, who erect poor structures, who construct roads that
are not solid. Jesus doesn't give you what perishes. He gives what lasts.
Let us go to Jesus with the
intention of allowing Him to lead us to eternal life, to direct us on what to
do at any point in time. Let us stop
wasting our energy on things that do not last. Let us stop labouring for
perishable foods. Let people stop moving from one prayer house to the other
searching for what doesn't add to their spiritual benefit. What Jesus cares
about is the salvation of your soul. Even as you are going after money, job,
employment etc, endeavour you beg God to direct you so as not to make the
mistake of wanting what God doesn't want.
LET US PRAY
Heavenly king, we come to you.
Most of the time we do not really know what we should want from you. The cares
of this world make us want everything but God and things of God. We ask for
your mercy for our canal, worldly wants. May we continually be nourished by the
foods that last; the word of God and the Eucharist. May we believe in you and
never perish but have eternal life in Christ who lives and reigns for ever and
ever. Amen
God bless your Monday (Week 3 of
Easter)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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