“I am the bread of life. He whom comes to me
will never go hungry and he who
believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35 (NIV)
In our society, bread is considered the staff of life. In our family eateries, each meal is served with dinner rolls, biscuits, or quick breads. Even the Italian restaurants and pizza franchises offer bread sticks. Bread seems to be essential to our physical well being. In our scripture passage, Jesus identifies Himself as ‘the bread of life. ‘He further states, ‘He who comes to me will never go hungry . . . .’ Here Christ speaks of spiritual well-being.
In order to keep our spirit from being hungry, we have to ‘feed’ it with God’s word. We have times of basking in His presence and receiving His love.
When we feed upon His Word, we come away filled with His love and with thanksgiving of who He is and, then, for what He does.
As we bask in His presence, we experience Him in a way that we can’t easily describe. We feel peace invade our souls. We can almost hear Him speak to our hearts. Our hearts are warmed.
Because we receive His love, He commands us to share that love with those we meet. Recently hubby and I had a day that, in his words, “We brought cheer to three lonely people today, the lady on the restaurant, our friend Bob, and our neighbor, Earl.”
Dear Lord Jesus:
Thank You for Your Word. Thank You guiding us through each day. Thank You for giving us spiritual nourishment that sustains us when we are down-hearted. We give you the glory. In the name of Jesus, we pray. AMEN
Great post! Bread is satisfying to the body, and the Word is satisfying to our spirits. I've always loved this analogy.
ReplyDeleteSusan:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your beautiful comment. You are right, the Word statisfies our spirits.