It is safe to say, that for most of recorded history, bread has played a vital role in providing a form of food sustenance for civilizations. It is so vital that according to the History Magazine, there were even special laws governing bread:
“Bread was so vital to people’s lives that it was subject of special laws almost everywhere. As early as medieval times, bakers were subject to regulations which were supposed to protect the consumer. The price of wheat in England has been recorded continually since about 1200 and even in times of generally stable prices, it could fluctuate dramatically. What made the price of bread so sensitive is that most people had little opportunity to substitute other foods.”
Used as “slang” to mean money, and present in the Lord’s Prayer (“Give us this day our daily bread” to talk about the need for moral sustenance as we make our way throughout the day), bread has played an indelible mark in a good part of our lives.
Go to a restuaraunt and more than likely as you wait for your meal, you would be given either rolls or bread to eat as part of the appetizer and most meals in homes, involves bread of some type.
When Jesus was tempted in the desert by the enemy, Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3 that went,
” 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. (Deuteronomy 8:3, New King James Version)”
The Matthew Henry Commentary shares the following insight:
” Let none of God’s children distrust their Father, nor take any sinful course for the supply of their necessities. Some way or other, God will provide for them in the way of duty and honest diligence, and verily they shall be fed. It may be applied spiritually; the word of God is the food of the soul. Christ is the word of God; by him we live.”
We are all, spiritually hungry.
We search for answers and it is a search that when we have a question, it is like a hunger that leaves us searching the refrigerator or pantry for something that will satisfy that hunger.
Our searches and what we find, can often leave us just feeling empty or hungry, maybe its a craving that no matter what we do, isn’t satisfy, but with God’s word, when we have grasp the core of who and what our Father is and what He has to share with us, is enough to fill that hunger, often more than we realize.
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30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. (John 6:30-39, New King James Version)
When we feed on His word, and not just nibbles, but really, get into the meat of the sustenance of God’s Word, it is from which we breathe in our encouragement, inspiration, and growth in and through Him.
Christ shows that he is the true Bread; he is to the soul what bread is to the body, nourishes and supports the spiritual life. He is the Bread of God. Bread which the Father gives, which he has made to be the food of our souls.
Bread nourishes only by the powers of a living body; but Christ is himself living Bread, and nourishes by his own power. The doctrine of Christ crucified is now as strengthening and comforting to a believer as ever it was. He is the Bread which came down from heaven.
It denotes the Divinity of Christ’s person and his authority; also, the Divine origin of all the good which flows to us through him. May we with understanding and earnestness say, Lord, evermore give us this Bread. (Jn 6:36-46) via the Matthew Henry Commentary
It is a blessing that one of our Father’s gift to all of us, no matter what translations we prefer or are out there, is His word. It’s a blessing that not a select few, but all of us have access to God’s word, in really, many forms and even languages.
We can read it on our e-readers, on our phones, have more than one in our
This is an eternal gift that is everyday, everywhere that we can carry His word with us and particularly in our heart and a gift that is worth being grateful for.
As a little something to share as a reminder of Jesus being the Bread of Life, I’ve created a little gift for you, a bookmark with John 6:35 on it. Please feel free to download to use!
I recommend using card stock to create a more durable bookmark. Prayers it would be a blessing to you!
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Strong post!! Yes, everything else leaves us empty. And, I am not a fan of my stomach growling… ha!
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