Food

John 6:27 " Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."

What type of food do we work for every day? Something that I have been working for is to pay my parents back for a car. I have also been working hard so I can have enough money to go out and do things with my friends. As you can tell by my last blog, I do plenty of working this summer and 80 percent of my money does not even see my bank account. It has been a very humbling and VERY hard process to understand but I'm realizing that none of my money is even mine. All of these things I just listed are material items that spoil. None of these things are bad in my opinion but the reality is each one will be gone one day and in all reality probably one day soon. Some of the things I do with my friends are done hours after I start. So there is no telling how long our material investments will last.

The Son of Man (Jesus) has given us eternal life as a gift. This is a food that does not spoil. As Christian we need to allow ourselves to invest time in feeding ourselves spiritually. I have recently realized that God is a lot more creative than we often allow Him to be. Maybe a "quiet time" isn't how you find spiritual food. Maybe its a prayer walk, maybe its music, maybe its just pure silence, or maybe its time in God's word. But whatever it is, we need to put more time into being satisfied with the food that endures eternal life.

Challenge: As you work to pay your bills or as you work to support yourselves remember you are ultimately working for God's kingdom, which should provide you with some peace and joy. Pray that God will have you see your employment as an opportunity to serve his Kingdom. I do not personally like working for the YMCA but I know God is using me and having me be a light in a very dark society.