I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on John 6-7.

    There is something I never noticed in this passage before (although, now that I think about it, I believe that I vaguely remember one or more speakers pointing it out). The morning after the feeding of the 5,000, the crowd realized that Jesus was not there, and that He had not left with His disciples on the only boat. A large number of them then crossed the Sea on boats which arrived that morning. When they got to the other side, they discovered Jesus had arrived there before them. Then when Jesus, in response to their request to know what they should do in order to do God’s works, told them to believe in Him, they asked Him to perform a miraculous work.
    This tells us a lot about human nature. These people had witnessed Jesus feed 5,000 people with 5 loaves of bread and two fish. They had even eaten some of that food. Which was followed up with Jesus, somehow, getting across the Sea of Galilee ahead of them without leaving the shore in a boat. All of this less the 24 hours before this. Yet, when asked to believe in Him, they wanted yet another miraculous sign. They had seen this miracle and that miracle, but it was not enough. For those who are seeking proof of God’s power, no amount of miracles are ever enough.