THE DAILY BLUEPRINT - 1.15.09

Why do you believe?
JOHN 6.26
Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, you seek Me not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Jesus had just performed the miracle of taking a boy's lunch and feeding 5,000 plus women and children- the people that Jesus addresses just saw this miracle - but it was not Jesus that they wanted -they wanted to be filled with earthly things- boy that can be said of many of us today - even those who profess to believe Jesus is Lord and Savior of the world- some just want enough Jesus to be saved but not enough to begin to walk and act like Him -this is harsh reality - many follow Jesus for what they can gain - sometimes its a business deal - if they can get a customer - they will go to church to get them - but have nothing at all to do with the real purpose - many follow Jesus because that is what they family has always done - kind of riding on the coattails of their parents- Why do you believe?
This is a question we need to daily ask ourselves - Do we believe because Jesus has given us worldly things? Or because HE laid down His life for us? We must remember that its all or nothing with Jesus - either we follow Him totally or not at all - I am afraid there are many who think they know Jesus and yet really don't even have a clue who HE is - this is very sad - I think we all could use a review of our faith to be sure we really are of the faith of Christ. We must be willing to leave everything to follow Him - many of us have one foot in the world and one in Jesus - He wants you to jump in with both feet! Why do you believe? The answer is very important!
BUILDING MOMENT: It's not so much what we say -its what we do -we can say we follow JESUS and stay in our seats - this is not what it means to walk with JESUS!
Because we have CHRIST - we believe!
1.15.09 - Building on the WORD
FAITH - BELIEVING IN WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE!