Yesterday, we talked about the miracles of Jesus. You can listen to the sermon on the sermons page. I have included a few notes and the text if you would like to do further study.
The passage is John 6 and is rather lengthy passage. We covered the first few verses.

“Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.” (John 6:1-2 NIV)

Then we talked about the miracle of the feeding of the 5000 in the following verses. The bulk of the sermon focused on the conversation following the miracle in verses (22-42)

“The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” So they asked him, “What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” “Sir,” they said, “from now on give us this bread.” Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”” (John 6:22-42 NIV-G/K)

We suggested that miracles are glimpse of all that Jesus came to do. His primary purpose was to die on the cross for our sins. In this passage, the people are missing Jesus because they are focused on their own agenda, their own plan, their own needs. In summary, we realize that The miracles draw the crowds, but true discipleship is not about the crowd. The miracles draw attention, but following Jesus in the manner that he desires moves the attention away from us and on the Glory of God. The miracles meet a single need, while the Gospel meets every need that we have including forgiveness of sins.
I talked about a book by Phillip Yancey called The Jesus I Never Knew. He has an excellent chapter on miracles. I read a quote from the book.

Why, then, any miracles? Did they make any difference? I readily concede that Jesus, with a few dozen healings and a handful of resurrections from the dead, did little to solve the problem of pain on this planet. That is not why he came. Nevertheless, it was in Jesus’ nature to counteract the effects of the fallen world during his time on earth… Every physical healing pointed back to a time in Eden when physical bodies did not go blind, get crippled, or bleed nonstop for twelve years – and also pointed forward to a time of re-creation to come. The miracles that he did perform, breaking as they did the chains of sickness and death, give me a glimpse of what the world was meant to be and instill hope that one day God will right its wrongs. – Phillip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew p. 182

The remainder of John 6 is a very challenging and thought provoking passage. I hope that you will take time to study it.