July 1
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15 So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.16 Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. 19 Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened. 20 But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going. – John 6:15-21
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In this account of John, we hear and get a deeper understanding of how Jesus is. In verse 16, we see his omniscience, knowing already what people were going to do after feeding over the five thousand men plus women and children. We see how He values time to withdraw from the crowd and be by Himself alone. Do we do this as followers of Jesus? Do we come out of the world and spend time alone with the Father. I am sure, Jesus wanted to have time with His heavenly Father and be renewed. After all, he was in a human form. A lot of people don’t even know how to be still and recharge after a long day of work. We don’t prepare ourselves to change our busy lives and learn to rest in the Lord.
The next scene was night. The disciples got into the boat to cross the sea to Capernaum. The wind began blowing and getting stronger. Four miles later, they saw Jesus walking on water but they didn’t recognize who it was so they were afraid. Isn’t this very true of us as well, we get fearful when we do not recognize what we are seeing? Why do you think Jesus showed them that He was walking on water? What was the lesson he was teaching him here?
In verse 20, we also see another angle of Jesus’ assurance of his love, he made sure that they knew who he was. So, they calmed down and let him into the boat and another miracle happened, they reached the boat faster than they could have gotten there. They witness miracle after miracle this day and yet, they didn’t see it at that time. There are times that a blessing or a favor was given to us and sometimes we fail to praise the Lord.
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REFLECTION
• Why is it important to be still and recharge as Jesus did here in this account?