Bread of life

How many of you have ever heard or read the phrase in the bible about Jesus saying that he is the bread of life? I know that I have read that over and over again and there is a chance that you have heard that too. What does that mean? Personally I think that it means a few things. Think of bread, I can almost guarantee you that you have always had access to bread. Bread is popular. Bread is available anywhere. You can make bread, go to any grocery store and buy bread, I am sure that you can even buy bread at gas stations too. My point-is that bread is something that you can always get your hands on it. Just like bread is something that we all eat and use every single day, Jesus is the bread of life-which we need and have every single day.

This whole bread idea started when Jesus fed the 5,000. The scripture that I am about to share with you comes a couple of verses later. 

John 6:35-40: Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."

Read that through a couple of times and you will find some pretty cool things in there that Jesus said. My favorite part of that passage is the beginning, when Jesus says, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry and whoever believes in me will never go thirsty." I love that because it is a great reminder that we are given everything we need when we believe in Jesus. The flesh is always fighting for earthy desires, but when you know and understand that Jesus is the bread of life, I am satisfied in that. John 6:29 says this: Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." All that God wants for us, is to believe in Jesus so that we will have eternal life. Of course there are some more instructions that are given to us. I would love to share those with you as well because they are great reminders. 

Colossians 4:2-6: Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. 

I pray that if you read this today that it encouraged you in some type of way. Thank you for your time and I want you to remember that you are loved!