Webster says "To last; to continue in the same state without perishing"
In John 6:27 Jesus says, "Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life.."
What does that mean? I echo the question of the crowd following Him that day.
As I ponder on the situation recorded in scripture, I see a crowd of people following Jesus because of reasons like the free food and free medical help He was providing.
Why do I follow Him?
I have learned that my greatest needs are not the immediate needs we all have. While Jesus is indeed concerned with the needs of my flesh, (He knows about those....personally..), His desire is that I have my eternal needs met.
And those needs are needs that I am absolutely powerless to fill.....
How thankful I am that it is not my own work and labot, but the work of grace, that provides the eternal food that I would die without.
Eternally....that is beyond a long time.
