Acts 7:51 - 8:1 / John 6:30-35
As human beings, we know that we have our limitations.
We get physically tired, we fall ill, we get hungry, we get thirsty, and we have a list of needs.
By ourselves, we know that we cannot fulfill these needs.
We depend on others. But more importantly we know that we depend on God.
And God will provide for us because He loves us.
When we have experienced God’s love and blessings, then we would surely want to love God and do what He tells us.
In the 1st reading, if Stephen had wanted to get out of trouble, he would have kept silent and submitted to his enemies.
But he loved God more than he loved his life.
When he spoke out against his enemies, what he wanted for himself was not as important as what God wanted him to do.
His hunger and thirst for God was deeper than his own human longings.
In the gospel, Jesus tells us that whoever comes to Him will never be hungry, and whoever believes in Him will never thirst.
We have our human needs, but may we realise that what we need most is Jesus.
With Jesus we will rise above our needs, and we will be filled with the bread of life, and to do what He wants of us.