In John 6, Jesus fed a total number of five thousand men with five loaves of bread and two fish, and there were leftovers!! These people then came rushing to Jesus to force Him to be king, because they saw that He will fill them. However the Lord had a different plan. He showed them this miracle to draw their minds to the point; that He is the giver of life, the bread of life. However, these people meant to use Jesus for their own selfish gain.
Why do we seek after the Lord? Is it just because we want/need a miracle or because we want to have a relationship with Him. The Lord desires to give us what we need, but above all, He desires that we will believe in Him and have a relationship with Him. He desires that we will accept His offering of salvation and that we will regard Him, not as a means to an end, but He is that end in itself. Jesus Himself succinctly said : " Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the son of man will give you... The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent"(john 6: 27&29).
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