"I AM the Bread of Life" (John 6:35, 48 & 51), is the first of Jesus' seven "I AM" sentences.
With this proclamation, Jesus is claiming that whoever comes to Him will never be hungry anymore at any time. In other words, when we are hungry, Jesus can fill us. Jesus is the Bread we need to sustain and nourish us daily.
When we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread”, do we truly understand what we are praying for? Understand that when we utter those seven words, it is not just for our daily physical provision; we are actually praying for so much more than our physical needs, we are praying for our daily spiritual provision.
Jesus is the Bread of Life, and only He can satisfy the hunger of our spiritual stomachs.
Jesus, in Matthew 4:4 quoted Deuteronomy 8:3 by saying,
“It is written: ’Man shall not live by bread alone, but on every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
The Word from the mouth of God is not “what” but “who”. John tells us clearly that the Word of God is Jesus when he wrote “The Word became flesh” [John 1:14].
We are to hunger for the Word of God as a starving man hungers for bread. We are to hunger for Jesus! If we were to really hunger and crave Jesus, how filled we would become of the knowledge, wisdom and fruitfulness of God.
This hunger for the Word of God made Job declare, that he treasured it more than any necessary food. Physical bread can only satisfy our stomachs temporarily but Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life, will satisfy our souls eternally.
Partaking of the Bread of Life causes us to abide in Jesus and He in us.
Feeding off of Jesus fulfills our spiritual hunger pangs.
When we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread”, do we truly understand what we are praying for? Understand that when we utter those seven words, it is not just for our daily physical provision; we are actually praying for so much more than our physical needs, we are praying for our daily spiritual provision.
Jesus is the Bread of Life, and only He can satisfy the hunger of our spiritual stomachs.
Jesus, in Matthew 4:4 quoted Deuteronomy 8:3 by saying,
“It is written: ’Man shall not live by bread alone, but on every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
The Word from the mouth of God is not “what” but “who”. John tells us clearly that the Word of God is Jesus when he wrote “The Word became flesh” [John 1:14].
We are to hunger for the Word of God as a starving man hungers for bread. We are to hunger for Jesus! If we were to really hunger and crave Jesus, how filled we would become of the knowledge, wisdom and fruitfulness of God.This hunger for the Word of God made Job declare, that he treasured it more than any necessary food. Physical bread can only satisfy our stomachs temporarily but Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life, will satisfy our souls eternally.
Partaking of the Bread of Life causes us to abide in Jesus and He in us.
Jesus as the Bread of Life is offering us much more than a meal; He is offering Himself.
Jesus provides for more than just our needs, He provides for eternity.
Jesus satisfies our souls, and when we are satisfied in our souls we never lack nourishment.
Feeding off of Jesus fulfills our spiritual hunger pangs.
Jesus, the Bread of Life, is the “food that endures to eternal life” [John 6:27].
Amen†
“I AM the Bread of Life” ©2013 Shelley Johnson 26-Apr-13
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