John 6:35 Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever." (The Message)
When we think of bread, we think of peanut butter and jelly between two pieces of bread. Be it white bread, rye bread, you name it bread, it isn't really a necessity in our lives, but bread was in the day of Jesus. No bread, no life.
The Lord's Prayer says, 'Give us this day our daily bread.' That's the kind of bread we need every day. We need Jesus bread. He is our sustainer of life. He is our bread.
Especially this time of year, I think about the types of foods I consume each day. Foods that aren't good for me nutritionally, foods that only fill a void for a little while or foods can make me angry later because I ate too much of it or because I feel sick after eating it. Not a good feeling at
all.
Then there is the food (the bread) of Christ. I crave that kind of food. I want to have that hunger inside me satiated and I know only Christ can do that. I pray that (as The Message says) I can align myself with Jesus in the way that he wants me to. I don't want to be hungry or thirsty anymore.
Nancy
