“Food That Endures To Eternal Life”

When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”

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.

John 6:25-35

People knew that manna had come from heaven. One day a crowd of people sought out Jesus because He had performed the miracle of multiplying loaves of bread. They asked Him to perform a sign like the manna from heaven that God had provided for His people in the desert. People did not understand when Jesus said He was the “true bread from heaven.” They wanted literal daily bread. Jesus was telling them He had been sent to be their spiritual bread. He would supply all of their spiritual needs. If they, by faith, applied and took His words and life into their very souls, they would experience everlasting satisfaction.

As first-century Jews could never imagine life without physical bread, may we never attempt to live without Jesus, our spiritual bread!

Only spiritual bread satisfies the hunger of the soul.

Our Daily Bread – October 9, 2013