# 380 You Can’t take It With You!

The Book of Genesis

Day 380

Ge 41: 32 "And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

We  are taking a little break from the study in Genesis to pursue the importance of repetition in the Scriptures. In particular we are looking at the “verily, verilies” found in the Gospel of John. When God repeats things, He is merely underlining or highlighting them for us. He gives them an extra sense of urgency.

Today we will look at Joh 6:26, 27 “Joh 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 

 A little background here, Jesus had just finished feeding the 5000. This miracle so impressed the crowds that they were about to take Him by force to make Him King. (The earthly variety, and by the way, the government taking care of you is never a good idea, it’s called socialism.)

Anyway, Jesus slips off to a mountain to be alone. The disciples didn’t know where He had gone, so they got into their boat and headed to Capernaum. That night, Jesus came to the disciples by walking on the water. The next day, the recently fed people noticed only one boat was gone, they knew Jesus had not gotten into that boat, and following the disciples lead, they hop into their boats and also head to Capernaum. When they arrived, wow! What a surprise! Jesus was there! When they saw Him, they asked, “When did You get here?” (Jn 6:25)

Notice how Jesus ignores their question. He doesn’t say, “Oh, I just walked over on the water>” Instead, He seeks to deal with a serious issue involving their hearts. They wanted to be waiting for Him at Capernaum for their next free lunch! They were more interested in material things, you know, those things that perish! Those things that moths and rust will eventually claim. Verily, verily, Jesus saw what was in their hearts and it was vitally important that they, (and we) see it.  So He says, to you and I, “Truthfully, truthfully, do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food that endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father  has set His seal on Him.

All these signs, all these miracles were God’s seal of approval on His Son, so that we might see and believe. These signs, this seal says, “This is the One! He is My Son, the Promised Messiah! Receive what He gives. He gives you food unto everlasting life! You don’t have to labor, just receive it! “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these (other) things, (the necessities of life) shall be added unto You. “No need to labor for your salvation, just seek and receive.

Truthfully, truthfully, it is the eternal not the temporal that matters most!