Believe

Saturday morning with the Lord. SOAP will be a little more difficult this morning as I see there were so many things to write about. It seems as if the Bible had so many things to say to me this morning. Thank you Lord. I'm not sure what to take away from it all. But here is a start:

Scripture
John 6:28-29
They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”
29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

Observation
The context is the feeding of the five thousand. "We want to do the miraculous". Ah, but the greatest miracle is the transformation of a life when a person believes, truly believes, in Christ.

Application
In the midst of stories of cancer and sickness, I have too cried out "I want to do these miraculous works". But I see that cannot be my focus. My focus must be to get close to God, and to not let anything erode my belief in Jesus. Not just in His existence, Who He is, or even saving faith, but, the belief in Him that shapes how I live my life ~ a life transformed by the authentic and genuine belief in the Son of God.

Prayer
Lord, please help me to settle my heart on this. It's so hard to not seek the miraculous when my friends are in trouble, when cancer stands like a giant and mocks the living God. I need to believe in You, and out of that belief, grow in relationship with You, and allow your presence and power to fill me to overflowing. These signs will follow those who believe.....