We continue our three-week worship series, Olympic Faith, this Sunday as we focus on Olympic Medals and John 6.24-35.
John’s Gospel invites us to wonder about “the work of God” and about belief in Jesus as the bread of life. Jesus says, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one God has sent” (6.29). David Lose writes, “this scene provides something of a halting but progressive disclosure that in Jesus God is revealing God’s own self most clearly and fully so that all people will have access to God or, to hearken back to John 1, so that all people can become ‘children of God’ (1:12).”
Take some time to hold this text in relationship to olympic medals.
Consider for a moment how work and belief relate to the quest for olympic gold. It has been reported that Michael Phelps worked every single day for six years in a row as he trained for the 2008 Olympics. The athletes competing in London work tirelessly in preparation. Along with their hard work, athletes must believe. They must believe in their preparation, their physical capabilities, their coaching, their strategy, their teammates, and more.
In John’s Gospel we read: “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one God has sent” (6.29). What does it mean for you to “believe in the one God has sent”? What does it look like to believe in Jesus? How does it feel? What questions arise for you in relationship to believing? What fears? What hopes?
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