Seeing is not Believing

Deb preached on John 6, where Jesus declares that he has come to do the will of the father. This includes feeding, healing, and other miraculous signs. Sometimes it feels like it would be easier to believe in Jesus if we saw his power with our own two eyes, yet Deb noted how many who saw these signs failed to see where they were pointing:

These people had all seen firsthand the feeding of the 5,000 the day before. Yet, they ask him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?” They seem to have come away from the miraculous feeding . . . not terribly impressed. What will Jesus’s next trick be? They may still have bread crumbs in the folds of their tunics from one of Jesus’s most well-known miracles, but that wasn’t enough for them to believe.

The key to seeing and believing, Deb suggested, is gratitude.