ESOCS Devotional 25 February 2022
TEXT: JOHN 6:22-40
MEMORY VERSE: “They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work?” John 6:30 KJV
0 And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. 12 When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted lace ”
In our local parlance, it is said that ‘Seeing is believing’, hence, a lot of persons run after signs in our generation today. People move from one church to another, ministry to another, Prophet to another, Pastor to another, all in search of signs. Unfortunately, the act of sign performance by many of the false prophets and pastors has been perfected so much that you can hardly discern what is real or false.
Our text reveals that the crowd of persons that boarded a ship on their own accord to meet with Jesus after the previous day’s encounter asked Jesus for a sign in order for them to believe Him. My worry is that these persons were part of the five thousand (5,000) men besides women and children that were fed with five loaves and two fishes the other day; that was not enough sign for them. It therefore shows that there is no limit to the quest for signs for them. Hence, discrediting the statement that ‘seeing is believing’ and upholding the Christian teaching that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Rom. 10:17).
Interestingly, while the people requested for a sign, Jesus pointed Himself to them. Implying ‘I am the sign you seek!’ Beloved, there is no other sign you need other than the personality of Jesus. Whatever Jesus cannot do, can never be done by anyone. Everything you seek is inside of Jesus. Life is in Him, health is in Him, deliverance is in Him, favour and prosperity are in Him, breakthrough is in Him, marriage is in Him, and power is in Him. Stop jumping about or running from pillar to post in your quest for signs. Be established in Jesus, and He will meet you at the point of your need.
- Be planted in Jesus and in the church, beware of fake prophets.
- Father, thank you for being the sign that I seek. Deliver me from every distraction of life, so that I can focus on you alone, in Jesus Name. Amen.
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FURTHER READING: Isaiah 48:12-22; Amos 3:1-15; 1 Corinthians 10:14-33: 11:1
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ESOCS Devotional 25 February 2022
