February 22, 2012

“Then Jesus declared, ‘I AM the Bread of life.  He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty.’” John 6:35

BREAD OF LIFE! WHO WANTS THE BREAD OF LIFE?

  “’Dad, the woman beside me ate through the entire game!’ was my daughter Emily’s comment after we watched the Jays rout the Texas Rangers 7 to 3 in front of a sell out crowd on a gloriously hot, sunny, Sunday afternoon nearing the dog days of summer.

  ‘She had a hotdog, sandwich, ice-cream, ate her boyfriends leftovers, nachos and chips!’ recited Emily.

‘Well she certainly enjoyed the experience,’ was my response.

  I thought of this reading and a book by Bodie and Brock Thoene called “Second Touch”

A character was commenting on Jesus declaring that He was the Bread of life that so shocked the Ruling Religious Authority they sought to find a way to silence Him and challenged other listeners to seek His meaning.

  ‘If we make the Lord as much a part of our daily lives as eating, then truly, He is the Bread of life”, was the sentence that grabbed me (Second Touch, Chapter 17, Page 217)

  I had just spent the last ½ hour whipping a glorious salad with 3 kinds of greens, green onions, orange peppers, celery, cucumbers, cranberries topped off with barbeque salmon left over from a couple of days ago.

  What a treat on a hot, hot holiday Monday (August 1)—yet I realized reading, digesting and applying the Word of God was more filling and satisfying than my temporary salad.

  Feast on Christ-Eat His Word-let Him consume you as you delve deeper and deeper into the Almighty God who loves you.’ DF