Tag: seeking Jesus

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled…

I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.” (John 6:26, 35)

Why do we seek Jesus? Why do we come to him? Do we come to him for solely for what he can give us? Or do we come to encounter him? To know him?

Certainly Jesus wants to meet our needs. But the thing he wants to give us more than anything else is himself. Because he is the only one who can satisfy the hunger and thirst in our souls.

And the good news is that when we knock on his door, he will always open it to us. And as he himself said,

…the one who comes to me I will never cast out. (37)

Jesus, I come to you today, not simply for what you can give me. I want you. I long to know you more. Thank you for always opening the door to me.