A rather good read in my opinion 
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Why are we sitting here until we die?
Larry Chkoreff
Jul 17, 2005
Junk to Jewels
02 Introduction
"Why are we sitting here until we die?
Have you ever been denied a miracle?
As a believer perhaps there have been desperate times in your life
when you felt it would be appropriate for God to give you a
miracle. You read about His miracle working power in the Bible, you
read that He loves you, now you want to see it in your
circumstances. Putting these two assumptions together, you ask God
for a miracle, and you expect Him to give it to you. Sometimes He
does, but sometimes, perhaps even more often, He does not.
What are you to believe? Where is God in your affliction?
Perhaps we can learn from the events recorded in John chapter 6.
Jesus had just supernaturally fed more than 5,000 poor and needy
people in the setting of a third world country. He took five loaves
of bread and two fish and did a miracle of increase that would
astonish anybody. They thought for sure that this was the prophet
that Moses had spoken of, the one who would again provide manna
from Heaven "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" (John 6:15).
The disciples entered their boat and crossed the sea. Jesus walked
on the water, and they arrived together. But the crowd who had been
fed looked for Jesus the next morning hoping for another miracle.
They finally found Him.
Jesus refused their request.
"Jesus answered them and said, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, you
seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the
loaves and were filled. Do not labor for the food which perishes,
but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son
of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on
Him'" (John 6:26,27).
Jesus admonished them to turn their efforts to what God requires.
He knew that feeding them again would simply be another short-term
fix, but it would not solve their true problem, which resided in
their hearts and souls. Jesus wants us to prosper, Jesus wants to
meet our needs, but from the inside out, not from the outside in!
"Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that
you believe in Him whom He sent." (John 6:29).
Then Jesus started a conversation that really caught them off
guard. He has a way of doing that. We may be thinking about a
material or earthly need, and He turns our attention to the real
issue.
"Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, 'He
gave them bread from heaven to eat.' Then Jesus said to them, 'Most
assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from
heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the
bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the
world.' Then they said to Him, 'Lord, give us this bread always.'
And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me
shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst"
(John 6:31-35).
Their response was interesting. "The Jews then complained about
Him, because He said, 'I am the bread which came down from
heaven.'" (John 6:41).
Then He took them even deeper down His road of surprises when He
said, "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone
eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I
shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the
world" (John 6:51). "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood
abides in Me, and I in him" (John 6:56).
Jesus was offering them a blood covenant with the Maker of the
Universe.
This is what He offers you and me. Can you just imagine? The
infinite almighty God, sinless and holy offers to exchange places
with you and me, mere created and sinful people! He knew that
having a blood covenant would make these people one with Him. They
would abide in Him and He would abide in them. He knew that if they
accepted the covenant that all their needs would be cared for.
Which would you rather have, a miracle to take care of today's
problem, or a covenant of blood with Deity?
"Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, 'This
is a hard saying; who can understand it?'" (John 6:60).
Jesus persisted and even made things sound more difficult. He asked
them how much more they would be offended if He left and they could
not even catch Him to eat His flesh and drink His blood. He was
speaking of His crucifixion and resurrection (John 6:62). It is
human nature to desire a god or an idol that the natural eye can
see.
Here is the major point.
"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The
words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life" (John
6:63). In other words He was saying, "You don't have to actually
become a cannibal and drink my blood, but if you want a blood
covenant with Me you will eat my Word, because My Word and I are
one. My Words are supernatural. The more of the Word you obtain,
the more of my blood you receive!" Covenants are made with words.
In this case the Word replaces blood. Yes Jesus shed His blood, and
that blood is transferred to you through His Word. You have an
invitation to cut the blood covenant with the Maker, God Himself.
All He has is yours, provided of course that all you have is
His!
Sorry Jesus, without a miracle I am out of here!
"From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him
no more" (John 6:66).
Some stayed.
"Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" But
Simon Peter answered Him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
words of eternal life. 'Also we have come to believe and know that
You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'" (John
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