John 6:51. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
THIS BREAD: the sustenance of the cross. The greatest of human need was planned for before the foundation of the world. Before there was human life or the stars and galaxies in the universe swirled - The Eternal God had planed a way to have reciprocal love. This plan in design had in its center a way God's life to others He could give.
To many, bread is the “staff of life;” the main course of many a meal. “Give us bread!” Is the cry of the hungry, the pain of hunger to heal. The same is true of the soul, there is a hunger there the world cannot fill. One can taste of all of earth's bounties, yet hunger is in the soul still.
When the time was just right, Christ came; sent by His Father to save. That salvation could only be provided if His sinless life He would be willing to give. That is exactly what our Lord did, when He died for our sins on the tree. Now from that sacrifice, the bread of His life, is made available to me.
The hungry are not forced to eat, though bread can maintain their life. The person that hungers for righteousness will find their spiritual appetite Will be satisfied when they seek with their heart for the Bread which came from heaven Given because the life we have, did at the cross first begin.
The Bread God gave brings peace paid for by the blood of Christ on the cross. The sustenance it gives to us came at the highest possible cost. Satisfaction that extends to almost every person's need Comes to us when on the Living Bread our souls and spirits feed.
May I never neglect the Living Bread for the light food the world offers. The Bread of God is despised by the world and also all the scoffers. But to me the Bread from heaven satisfies my appetite - And the results from that Living Bread is life and strength and light.
“Gracious God: the provision Thou hast given me is a daily blessing. I never want to take any portions of the holy manna Thou dost give me, as “light bread.” Thy Word is truly pure, and entire and sweet to the taste. It satisfies and strengthens. I know the cost was high - “even the death of the cross.” May our time in this place of fellowship and challenge today, be a feast of holy things. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”