Jenetzen Franklin Wed 6/7Jesus is the Bread of Life
John 6:35 - and Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst."
In our culture today, bread is an optional part of the meal - you can take it or leave it. But in Jesus' day, bread was the staple of their meal; the abundance of bread constituted a feast. A meal is not complete without bread.
When you read John 6:35, Jesus is saying, in effect, "I am the substance of life. I am the staple. I am not negotiable. I sustain you. I am the main thing in life."
Mel's Thoughts:
Because we are spirit beings, the form of 'food' we take in are in the form of things we hear, see and think about. We digest all sorts of things during our daily lives: conversation, TV, movies, magazines, the news, office gossip... while they tickle our senses and entertain us, a life solely filled with these things leaves us as empty as a meal of lettuce. They have little substance.
If we were to live on optional extras in our meals, we become bloated, unsatisfied. But if we eat our staples with the extras, we are properly filled. How are you treating Jesus in your life today? Is He the staple of your life's musings? John 1 tells us that the Word was made flesh ie Jesus was a physical manifestation of the Word of God.
Today, we have the Word of God in our Bibles, phones, mp3, recorded sermons. The form it comes in is not what makes it spiritual food. It is the essence of His Words received by your senses into your thoughts and memory that feeds your soul. You digest it by talking about it, thinking over it. We already do a lot of this for our usual diet of the movies, Facebook chatter and the news. It's time to change our spiritual diet to what suits us best: the Word of God.
What is your spiritual diet? What percentage of this diet is God's Word? Make it your staple, the main thing today, and everyday.
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