"THE FATHER!"

John 6:41-51                                   (ESV)

41 So the Jews grumbled about HIM, because HE said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

42 They said, "Is not this JESUS, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does HE now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

43 JESUS answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 NO ONE CAN COME TO ME UNLESS THE FATHER WHO SENT ME DRAWS HIM. And I will raise him up on the last day.

45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by GOD.' Everyone who has HEARD and LEARNED from the FATHER comes to ME-

46 not that anyone has seen the FATHER except HE who is from GOD; HE has seen the FATHER.

47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

48 I am the bread of life.

49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of IT and not die.

51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this BREAD, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

While reading local newspaper recently I noticed an advertisement to recognize your athletes for their accomplishments by placing their photo within the publication.  As humans, we have a NATURAL desire to be recognized for excelling at our chosen tasks.  We desire for our loved ones to have their accomplishments adored by all, thus the reasoning behind the offer to place their picture for all to see!  

The devil wants you to do ANYTHING BUT worship and honor GOD ALMIGHTY!  If we are "busy" worshipping each other and promoting our achievements, then our focus and attention is not on our Creator.   Possibly, in an attempt to be as Holy at they could,  "The Jews" were grumbling among themselves that JESUS was a heretic and NOT from GOD!  They had GOD IN THE FLESH right before their eye's and they couldn't even recognize HIM.  JESUS told them in verse 44 that "NO ONE CAN COME TO ME UNLESS "THE FATHER" WHO SENT ME DRAWS HIM".  

We get so caught up in our fleshly lives that we tend to miss JESUS when HE is walking right before us.  We have allowed our lives to become so "fast-lane" oriented that we BELIEVE we DON'T HAVE TIME for the things of GOD.  The enemy, the master of disguise, camouflages himself as a timesaver, a thing of beauty, something to make our lives easier, anything to remove GOD from HIS throne!  

When will we, in our pharisaical mindsets, begin to understand that even the possibility of us doing good isn't possible with GOD instilling that desire in us?  If we do anything worthy of acknowledgment it came from HIM!  GOD must even "DRAW" you into serving HIM.  You can't just decide to be a child of HIS.  If you have a desire to be a follower of JESUS CHRIST, that desire was placed by "THE FATHER"!   Remember, although "THE FATHER" is patient and long-suffering, HIS Spirit will not always continue to DRAW us!  If you wait too long, it may be too late!