Did you know that a human can survive more than three weeks without food? With enough water, your body can do amazing things to keep you alive. But eventually, we all have to eat. It’s one of our only true obligations.

Have you ever felt that way about church? Does experiencing Jesus ever become one more obligation in your life? Here in Capernaum, Jesus is downright annoyed that people are looking for him just to fill their bellies with food. He just miraculously fed five thousand people so he could illustrate God’s greater power to give new life to all. But all the crowd can think about is more food.

Sometimes going through the motions with church is like using Jesus just to fill our stomachs. But if we seek Christ, in pure joy and curiosity, where Christ is working to bring new life — a friend who is abandoned, a hurting parent who needs your love, a sibling who needs support — we might just find who Jesus really is and receive the bread that lasts.

By Blake Tommey from D365