John 6:28–29 … “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
When I was a young Christian, I was told what we must do to “work the works of God”. I was told that we had to pray more, fast more, read the Bible more, know the enemy more and have more spiritual discernment to know how to deal with him. Then one day, I found the same question in the Bible. But the answer was very different!
In the Gospel of John, we find Jesus being asked the same question by the multitude who had been awed by His miracles — “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” The people had seen Jesus healing the sick, and feeding 5,000 men with only five loaves and two fish.
Notice how Jesus answered them: “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” The greatest doing is believing — believing in Jesus the sent One, who has done it all for you at the cross!
If you are asking, “What must I do to receive my healing?” the answer is this: Believe in Jesus, who “Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses”. (Matthew 8:17) We have seen people delivered from life-threatening conditions such as cancer and kidney failure. We have seen couples who could not have children, receive their miracle of a child. We have seen people delivered from addictions. They simply believed.
When the jailer asked Paul and Silas, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (Acts 16:30–31)
The greatest miracle in your life happens not by you working and trying to save yourself, but by you simply believing in Jesus who died to save you from eternal damnation and to give you eternal life. Why then, should the lesser miracles of healing or financial breakthroughs be any different?
What is the miracle you need today? There is nothing left for you to do, but to believe, because Jesus has done it all for you!