Reflection for May 7 Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter: John 6:35-40

Gospel: John 6:35-40

Jesus said to the crowds, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.  

And this is the will of the one who sent me,  that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”

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Reflection:

Is Jesus the center of your life?

Well and good if yes, for this is how it should be. Jesus must be the center of your life—not money, not power, nor anything worldly. It should be Jesus!

Why Jesus and not anything that belongs to this world? Because when you have Jesus in your life, you already possess the greatest treasure: the gift of eternal life.

Life in this world is temporary. Any moment, we may be called to leave it behind. If Jesus is not at the center of our lives, what becomes of us then? We become slaves of this world. Suppose our motivation in life is built only on material things, power, and worldly enjoyment—what happens after we've achieved those? Nothing. It’s a dead end without God. That is the danger of a life lived apart from Jesus.

In our Gospel, Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst” (John 6:35). If we deeply believe in this statement of Jesus, we will indeed not experience hunger and thirst anymore—hunger and thirst for what? Hunger and thirst for whatever this world offers us.

Is Jesus the center of your life right now? – Marino J. Dasmarinas