John 6:28-29–What do we do?

John 6:28-29–"Then they asked Him, 'what must we do, to be doing the works of God?'  Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God, that you would believe in the He whom He has sent.'"

It's so simple.  Jesus lays it out for us, defines what God asks for us in such straightforward and unequivocal terms: God desires for us to believe in the man that He has sent.  This statement, however, carries with it a secondary connotation.  To be sure, primarily it is referring to the Son, that we would believe in the Christ, Jesus of Nazarene.  Yet there is another sense in which Jesus makes this direct assertion.  We should not forget that He is also speaking of those people whom God has called and will call to speak His truth and to carry the message of Christ throughout history.  In this way not only is the work of God about believing in Jesus but it also infers that we would believe those in whom Jesus has imparted His Holy Spirit, aka. Christians.  So, in the end, our task is simple but it is also a challenge that we would commit to trust in Christ and the ones whom He has sent to preach the message of God!