“DO NOT GRUMBLE!”

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." 

Briefly this morning, I find it interesting that JESUS said in yesterday’s passage “HAVE FAITH IN GOD”, then this morning I am writing about HIM telling me to “DO NOT GRUMBLE” among yourselves! If we “HAVE FAITH IN GOD” alone for our salvation, then it becomes almost nonsensical to dispute with others about being DRAWN to HIM unless we convolute the issue with our own “reasonings and emotions”?  When something makes sense, it requires less FAITH to Believe!  

When we “HAVE FAITH IN GOD”, we essentially are placing our TOTAL TRUST in HIS ability to “DRAW” us to HIM, and not in our ability to follow HIS laws to get to Heaven!  Although my desire is to live HOLY before GOD, my ability to do so leaves me falling tremendously short of what is required of me to enter Heaven.  We could not fulfill the law, so JESUS came to earth to FULFILL the law and overcome death, Hell, and the grave.   

We must REST in HIS WORD and realize that most people will never SEE (Matthew 13:10-16) with their eyes and understand with their hearts the things of the Spirit!  Unless our EYES are OPENED we can’t SEE Spiritual things that they think are folly.  When ALMIGHTY GOD reveals HIS TRUTH to us, we don’t need to Glory in being used by HIM.  “DO NOT GRUMBLE” with those who GOD has yet to DRAW to HIMSELF.  He may be using you to DRAW them later on in life???