John 6:26-27

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

St. John, Chapter Six, records how Jesus was followed by a great multitude of people, following him because they had seen his miracles. When on the mountain Jesus asked his disciples about buying food to feed the people, his disciples proclaimed they hadn't enough money to buy an adequate amount of food to feed the people. Jesus proceeded to feed the 5,000 people from one boy's lunch of five loaves of bread and two small fishes. The miracle becomes the foundation of a lesson that shows where the Christian should go to receive the best spiritual nourishment for his mind. The next day the multitude remained, and Jesus perceived that the people sought Him out to be fed physically again. He understood that they did not properly understand the miracle of what they had witnessed the day before. Jesus cautioned His disciples about allowing the wrong focus to dominate them. It is easily done, looking for Christ for the wrong reasons. In this world, providing for our physical life requires a great deal of time and energy for most of us. This necessary activity, in addition to countless other distractions working to grab our attention, makes concentrating on seeking spiritual nourishment a responsibility that demands vision combined with discipline in the use of time.