PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: John 6:30-40
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“Whoever comes to me will never go hungry.
Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35)
As a Jesus follower, is it true that I never go hungry or thirsty?
By describing himself as bread, he is speaking figuratively.
So how, figuratively speaking, am I spared from hunger and thirst.
There have been times when I have felt spiritually satisfied.
But there have also been times when I felt empty, dissatisfied?
What happened… did the bread fail me, or did I fail to eat the bread?
Knowing myself, I have to say that the weakness is in me, not Jesus.
I don’t always stay with Jesus, and my dissatisfaction increases as I drift.
When I do return, it takes time to renew my spirit in him.
For the fountain to satisfy my thirst, I need to keep drinking from it.
With Jesus, I experience strength, courage, hope, grace, purpose, etc.
When I drift from Jesus, I lose my sense of love, joy, peace, etc.
Jesus is right, the bread is real, the water fresh… when we take them!
PRAYER
Lord, my dissatisfaction reminds me that nothing else can satisfy me but you. Help me to make it my daily practice to taste and see that you are good!
There are so many ‘wills’ in this passage! the Father will and I shall not lose any, the son will, those who believe will…I will raise them up. These are certain promises that I hang onto for life now and always. Thank you Jesus for you are the way and you will do as you promise! Lord, help me to have the will to serve always!
Bread is a staple of life and it feeds us.
Life without the Bread, Jesus, would be the death of us. It is Christ Jesus Who gives LIFE, real living. Living for Jesus is the relationship that I need in order to truly live. Without Christ I would be part of the living dead. But living for Jesus gives LIFE today and all my tomorrows. Help me daily Lord to do Your will.
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.
Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield;
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.