“Look at me! This is the bread that was sent from
heaven. Unlike your ancestors, who ate
manna from heaven and died, if you make this bread your food you will live
forever.” John 6:58 EFP
Jesus knows the
stakes. He realizes the magnitude of the
moment. Here is a mass of humanity
caught in the battle for their very souls.
There is a struggle inside many of them between their spirit and their
flesh. Jesus knows that true life cannot be found in things you can hold, buy
and store in a vault, a barn, or even a stomach. Life can only be found in God, through
Christ.
All good things
come from God: food, relationships,
housing, and health, to name a few. But
these things have expiration dates. We
always need more food. Relationships
end. Housing decays. Health
deteriorates. If my life is dependent on
these things, I may find satisfaction, but it will end when the things
ends. Not so with life in Christ. Jesus is not giving commands as much as he is
opening up a new way to experience life forever and forever life. One is future. One is now.
Both are only available through faith in the Bread of Life. But I have to eat the Bread. This Bread is
real. The Gift is real. The life is real. I want life—I do not want to settle for
anything less. I sense a breakthrough
coming.
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