DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- BREAD OF HEAVEN

 DAD'S RAMBLINGS – BREAD FROM HEAVEN

" 'Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.' " (John 6:27)

We all have many hungers that we want to be satisfied. Hunger for affection; hunger for acceptance, hunger for appreciation; hunger for happiness. And many other things that we think will satisfy the longing of our hearts. So we labor to satisfy that hunger with all kinds of stuff that may satisfy for a short while, but we find that over time, we are still hungry – for what we don't know.

There are many testimonies of people who achieved their goal only to find emptiness in their souls – winning the Superbowl; getting rich; marriage, etc. It is like Solomon in his book of Ecclesiastes where he tried everything only to find it was vanity – emptiness.

Jesus said that He is the bread of life and that whoever comes to Him shall never hunger or thirst again (vs. 35). This bread gives life (vs. 33). Then He really gets down to brass tacks when he said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you….For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed...He who feeds on Me will live because of Me." (vss. 53-37).

When we eat bread, it becomes the sustenance for life and strengthens the very fiber of our being. When we feed on Christ metaphorically, He becomes a very part of our being. The energy that is produced as we meditate and chew on Him is what gives us strength to live. He is our life.

The song writer put it this way: "Only Jesus can satisfy the soul. Only He can take your heart and make it whole. He'll give you peace you never knew, sweet love and joy, and heaven too. Only Jesus can satisfy the soul."

Jesus said that everyone who hungers and thirsts after righteousness would be filled. Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven, feed me til I want no more.

Love, Dad.