John 6:15-21
We should notice, in these verses, our Lord Jesus Christ’s humility. We are told that, after feeding the multitude, He “perceived that they would come and take him by force to make him a king.” At once He departed, and left them. He wanted no such honours as these. He had come, “not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matt. 20:28)
We see the same spirit and frame of mind all through our Lord’s earthly ministry. From His cradle to His grave He was “clothed with humility.” (1 Pet. 5:5) He was born of a poor woman, and spent the first thirty years of His life in a carpenter’s house at Nazareth. He was followed by poor companions,–many of them no better than fishermen. He was poor in His manner of living: “The foxes had holes, and the birds of the air their nests: but the Son of man had not where to lay His head” (Matt. 8:20) When He went on the Sea of Galilee, it was in a borrowed boat; when He rode into Jerusalem, it was on a borrowed ass; when He was buried, it was in a borrowed tomb. “Though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor.” (2 Cor. 8:9)