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The Bread of Life
“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
In a passage similar in many ways to the one about Jesus and the woman at the well, Jesus now starts a conversation about bread. He had just miraculously fed a multitude. What began as a material problem—the people lacked something to eat—was quickly taken up by Him as a spiritual problem. More than the bread of this earth, we need the Bread of Life.
The woman at the well had asked where she could find living water. The people in this crowd asked where they could find the true bread from heaven—for Jesus said this bread is even better than manna (vv. 30-34). He stunned His audience once more, saying He wouldn’t simply provide bread from heaven. Rather, He said He is the bread from heaven!
He’s both water and bread for His wandering people. Their thirst can be quenched and their hunger satisfied in the person and work of Jesus. He is not simply a prophet who calls forth rain or manna from the sky. He is God’s very response to the thirst and hunger of the souls of His people. When we long for more from this world, what we want is Jesus!
Do you look to Jesus simply as the provider of good gifts, or as the Gift itself?
SCRIPTURE FOCUS
Genesis 25-26
INSIGHT
Psalm 13
THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Matthew 21
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