Jesus said, "Earthly food spoils and ruins. So don't work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good always and gives you eternal life. The Son of Man will give you that food. God the Father has shown that He is with the Son of Man.

   "There are many people to harvest, but there are only a few workers to help harvest them. God owns the harvest. Pray to Him that He will send more workers to help gather His harvest."

   Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. A person harvests only what he plants. If he plants to satisfy his sinful self, his sinful self will bring him eternal death. But if he plants to please the Spirit, he will receive eternal life from the Spirit. We must not become tired of doing good. We will receive our harvest of eternal life at the right time. We must not give up! The people asked Jesus, "What are the things God wants us to do?"

   Jesus answered, "The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the One that God sent."

   Jesus said, "My food is to do what the One Who sent Me wants Me to do. My food is to finish the work that He gave Me to do. You say, 'Four more months to wait before we gather the grain.' But I tell you, open your eyes. Look at the fields that are ready for harvesting now. Even now, the one who harvests the crop is being paid. He is gathering crops for eternal life. So now the one who plants can be happy along with the one who harvests. It is true when we say, 'One person plants, but another harvests the crop.' I sent you to harvest a crop that you did not work for. Others did the work, and you get the profit from their work."

   Then Jesus said, "I am the bread that gives life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry. He who believes in Me will never be thirsty.

   You have been raised to life with Christ. Set your hearts, then, on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on His throne at the right side of God. Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Your real life is Christ, and when He appears, then you too will appear with Him and share His glory!

Taken from Mt. 9, Gal. 6, Jn. 6, 4, Col. 3, The Everyday Bible.
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