FOOD THAT CANNOT LAST

PRAYER MOMENT 

Monday 20 April 2015

FOOD THAT CANNOT LAST

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “You are not looking for me because you have seen the signs but because you had all the bread you wanted to eat. Do not work for food that cannot last but work for the food that endures  to eternal life.” (John 6:22-29)

Reflection. Jesus is not saying ‘change your work.’ He is saying do it in the belief that you are building something eternal. How can sitting at a receptionist’s desk answering calls and attending to people be building something eternal? Well, it can. It totally depends on the motive and the attention I give to my work. If all I think of is the money and what I will do this week-end, I am working for ‘food that cannot last.’ But if I do every small bit of my work with imagination, love and devotion, believing that I am contributing to the great plan of God in building his new creation – yes, even by how I answer a phone call, – then I am truly working for the ‘food that endures.’

Prayer. Lord, help us to work in such a way that we believe we are always doing your work with, in and through you so that the Father’s plan for his people, whom he loves, is fulfilled. Amen.

davidharoldbarry@hotmail.com