In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
A few weeks ago, you heard how Jesus fed the multitudes on the
hillside near the Sea of Galilee. With such a great crowd about, even
pushing the disciples off into the boat and into the water could not
keep people from connecting the dots and realizing that Jesus was the
one who had provided them with bread and fish to their fill. And so
they came and sought Him, and would have made Jesus be their king,
because He had filled their bellies.
However, Jesus can see right
through their superficial interests. “Jesus answered
them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because
you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.'”
The throngs pressing in on Jesus were not there to be cleansed by the
Lamb of God, or even to be healed by the Great Physician. They were
there to be fed by the bread-king, with whom they wanted to replace
their current, inept temporal rulers.
But this is not an isolated incident. After all, the people of this
world seek after foolish things. How much time and energy are spent
scrambling after things which are temporary and do not satisfy.
