The Bread Of Life

 During His earthly ministry, Christ taught the multitudes that He was the promised Messiah. He authenticated His claims through many signs and wonders, such as the feeding of the 5000. The supply of bread and fish satisfied the crowd's physical hunger and excited their carnal cravings, but they neglected to understand the deeper meaning of this miracle of Jesus.
 Knowing that the Lord had crossed to the other side of the Galilee caused the people to pursue after Him, in the hopes that they would get more free food! But Jesus knew that they were following Him for the wrong reason. They were not seeking Him because they understood the sign, but because they ate of the loaves and were filled. They were not following Him because their soul was hungry for forgiveness, but to satisfy their physical appetite.
 Jesus announced the most earth-shattering truth to these people, and they misunderstood, through unbelief. He did not say he HAD the bread of life but He WAS the Bread of Life. In Him was eternal life and the one who comes to Him will never hunger nor thirst. Christ could satisfy their spiritual hunger and spiritual thirst because He is the Living Water and the Bread of Life from heaven, and these people missed it.
 We are all invited to feast at the banquet table, to feed on Christ our Living Bread Who came down from heaven from the Father of mercies. All who feast upon the Lord are promised the eternal benefits of this life, that true Bread Who satisfies the hungry heart with all good things.
 May we all, daily, feed on The Bread Of Life, by faith with thanksgiving as we journey through life. He alone is our life-sustainer, in Him are the words of eternal life.
John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Our United Prayer:
Loving Father, Your Word is food for our souls and refreshment for our hearts. Thank You for sending Your precious Son into the world to be the Bread that came down from heaven to feed our hungry souls and give life to those that are dead in their sin. In Jesus' name, AMEN.