# 114 Uber Boats

 

# 114 Uber Boats

 

Joh 6:22 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 entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone-- 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks--

 24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You come here?" 26 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. 27 "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."

 

The 5000 plus left behind, start doing a little detective work. There was only one boat. The disciples had taken it last night. Jesus had not entered the boat. Where was He now? It’s like He vanished into thin air!

 

This would not do! They wanted more miracles, more free lunches from Jesus! They had trudged a long way around the sea to get to Jesus and now they would have to trudge back to civilization. But, thank the Lord, look what happens! Uber boats from Tiberius arrive and they can cross the sea via boat!

 

Don’t you find that strange? Almost miraculous! How did this armada of boats know that some of these people wanted to hitch a ride to Capernaum? They came empty and ferried the “free lunch” people back over to Capernaum. In my mind, this armada is still another miracle! God needed these free lunch seekers to accost Jesus asap so Jesus could make a point for them and us!

 

So, they pull up, and haul some of the crowd back to Jesus, where He tells them and us! “Man does not live by bread alone! Don’t chase Jesus for the sake of physical blessings, chase Him for eternal life! Jesus confronts the crowd with something we all need to be confronted with: “What’s your motive for following Him?”

 

Do you, “love Him because HE first loved you? (1 Jn 4:19) or do you have some other underlying motive? God desires to give you and I the “Bread of Life,” but let us be like David in the 139^th Psalm and check our motives! Ps 139:23,24 says, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;

 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

 

In other words, show me my motives Lord, reveal them to me that I may humbly come to You and ask Your help to remove any wrong motives in my heart. Don’t let me look to You as some sort of a cosmic Santa Claus, or as a “get out of jail free” card. But rather let me love You because You first loved me and demonstrated that love for me when You went to the cross and paid for my sins!