Believe Part Three

Earlier this summer I blogged about Monte's powerful lesson about "I believe in YOU" taken from John 11. I later blogged about my encounter with the words of Jesus in Mark 5 "Don't be afraid, just believe". This past Sunday David Matthews encouraged me by sharing John 6: 28 and 29.

28: Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"

Instead of realizing that eternal life is a GIFT, they had a theology that motivated them to want to achieve it by pious works. We have to forgive them of this, because when we do we are forgiving ourselves.


29: Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent".

Their response to this was to ask him for a miraculous sign, forgetting they had just witnessed him feeding the five thousand with 5 loaves and 2 fish! Is that not incredible?

What is your response? Are you going to require something of Jesus before you believe? How about the miracle of healing someone you know is terminally ill?
How about the miracle of getting you out of debt? How about the miracle of healing a bad relationship you are in? We have our requirements too, don't we?

I want the world to see me doing the "work of God". I want to be right beside Martha when she says "I believe in YOU"!