John 6:1-40   Jesus feeds the 5000.  We know the story.  So we don't need to retell it here, but look at       some parts of it.   Verse 2 tells us that the "multitude was following Him, because they were seeing the signs.."  Verse 14 says, " When therefore the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, ' This is of truth the Prophet who is to come into the world.'"  Which sounds good!  They get it... but then after Jesus crosses the Galilee and the people find Him again, He says, " Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled."   And, just a few minutes later they ask, " What then do You do for a sign, that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?"

So, are they believers, or not?  The signs that Jesus performed, the works are a testimony of Who He is.  They are seeing the works.  They seem to get it, but there is something missing still in their hearts.
Verse 27, " Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man shall give to you, for on Him the Father, even God, has set His seal. "  The work, Jesus tells them is to, " believe in Him whom He has sent."   There is bread and then there is the BREAD of life.   Jesus tells us that He is the bread of life, Who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.  He takes away all hunger and thirst.  He brings true life to all who come to Him.  Those who behold Him and believe in Him.  These are those the Father will give to Him and who He will raise up on the last day.

When Jesus sent the disciples out in the boat without Him and then came walking across the water in the middle of the night, something happens that I want to point out.  Verses 20-21 " But He said to them, 'It is I, do not be afraid.' They were willing therefore to receive Him into the boat..."  If it had been anyone else, walking across the water, in a storm, in the middle of the night... would they have received him?  Not that anyone else could do such a thing, but they recognized that it was Him.  Jesus, the One they knew.  The One they believed in.  The One they put their faith in.  

How many of these other followers were willing to let Jesus into the boat?  Did they believe in Him enough to allow Him to truly be their Bread.  It would mean that they had to be "all in".   And they still wanted the world.

When we believe in Jesus, we will go all in.  We will receive Him into our lives, even in the darkest hours and the biggest storms.  Even when we have nothing else, He will be enough.

Father, purify our hearts and open our eyes to see and know Jesus in this way.  Amen.