So much theology is influenced by perspective. It was those following Jesus that missed what Jesus was saying simply because they could not fathom the an alternative perspective. In fact, there have b...  Read More

Admittedly, there are many lessons to pull from in this section, but I want to zero in on a specific one. That is the main point that Jesus is making. He is instructing the people to see things from a...  Read More

There are three major connections I want to highlight in this section. The first is the main theme John is getting at throughout His whole epistle. Jesus is better. As Jesus is comparing Himself to th...  Read More

The passage we are dealing with this week is basically a whole lot of watching people just not getting it. Jesus is followed across the sea and, from the surface level, it looks a lot like these peopl...  Read More

22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not ...  Read More

I want to encourage you to join in with what I am doing. Look up and willingly receive Him. Consider your own time and attention. Where is it given over to? It may not be bad things. It may very well ...  Read More

Have you ever been in that place where you are working hard and have your head down that you just are not catching what is going on around you? You may miss points in conversation because your thought...  Read More

It can be a frightening thing when we come face to face with the storms of life, trials, tribulations, persecutions, and the like. It can be terrifying to realize the rejection we can have from mankin...  Read More

But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,And He who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by your name;You are Mine.2When you pass through the waters, ...  Read More

History is loaded with all manner of figures who have supposedly walked upon water. For just about all of them, the claims surround evidence of them being some deity figure. It is show their power or ...  Read More

This passage is a very interesting passage in the middle of the narrative that we are in. Between Jesus feeding the 5,000 and teaching on how He is the bread of life, we get this account of Jesus walk...  Read More

15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.16 Now when evening came, His disciples went d...  Read More

If you have been following the devotions over the past few days, you may have already asked this question, but I encourage you to, all the same, prayerfully meditate upon it.Am I truly satisfied in Je...  Read More

I hope you are okay with some vulnerability here. As I asked myself that question in yesterday's devotion, I really wanted to sit on that and pray. Having battled through some recent severe back pain,...  Read More

As I examine my life, there is a question I find I have answered far too quickly in times past without truly meditating upon the answer. "Am I truly satisfied in Jesus?" I think a lot of us would hurr...  Read More

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through who...  Read More

I made a very specific note about something that was mentioned in this section in yesterdays devotion. I noted that it was highlighted how Jesus went up on top of a mountain and that the time was draw...  Read More

The whole of chapter 6 brings us into a strong discourse concerning the evidence of Jesus being the Messiah. The section we are currently covering highlights a means in which Jesus is greater than Mos...  Read More

After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.  3...  Read More

If you answered honestly that you are not fully convinced then I encourage you to pray that the Lord would reveal Himself to you. Pray for strength to put your full trust in the Lord and that your fai...  Read More

8Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!-Psalm 34:8We are invited to participate with the Lord in belief. One of the things that astounds me is that Jesus promise...  Read More

There is a very strong call to action found in this passage, but you have to look for it a little bit.24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlas...  Read More

Jesus spells out this lesson very clearly in the text. The Son is not operating on His authority. He is operating on the authority of the Father. We have all heard the saying that goes, "The apple doe...  Read More

Whenever we have sections that are divided up in the center of the narrative, we must look back to that immediate context. As we have looked at this passage, we see the reality that Jesus is simply do...  Read More