“THE JEWS GRUMBLED ABOUT HIM!”

 John 6:41-44                     (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.”

“THE JEWS GRUMBLED ABOUT HIM” speaks very vividly about the ones who were finding fault with JESUS.  One dictionary says that those who GRUMBLE have a “discontented or dissatisfied mood”.  Apparently “the Jews” EYES were not OPENED to SEE JESUS as the SON of the living GOD?  How could anyone observe GOD IN FLESH and not be able to SEE that HE was of DIVINE origin???

“THE JEWS GRUMBLED ABOUT HIM” because they could NOT SEE WHO HE was, and HIS DIVINITY was totally beyond their comprehension!  They “thought” they were absolutely right, but they were as far from TRUTH as they could possibly be!  THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES was in their midst and they were unable to recognize HIM!  HE WHO was giving them the breath they breathed (Isaiah 42:5) was speaking to them and they wanted to question WHO HE was?

“THE JEWS GRUMBLED ABOUT HIM”, but are we any better?  We claim to be CHOSEN to serve HIM, but do we serve HIM every opportunity we have, or GRUMBLE that everything is less than perfect in our journey?  FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause me to always SEE where “I could be” without YOUR intervention in my life!  My JOY doesn’t need to be overshadowed by “THE JEWS GRUMBLED ABOUT HIM”!!!