“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 6:35
The aroma of warm bread beckons us to sit, eat, and savor the taste. Bread is more than a universal food. Bread was considered to be a gift from God.
The Israelites always remembered the manna which God gave daily to sustain the Israelites on their journey to the Promised Land. The Israelites kept twelve loaves on the altar in the temple at all times. The loaves, the Showbread, were a symbolic acknowledgment that God was the resource for Israel’s life and nourishment and also served as Israel’s act of thanksgiving to God.
In the Old Testament bread was the basic food that supported life. Bread also represented the relationship between God and the Israelites, and then Jesus and His followers. People shared bread at meals. Paul even used the analogy of bread to describe the unity of believers as ‘…being many we are one bread.’
Communion celebrates the sacrifice of Jesus, His presence, and much more. He called Himself the “Bread of Life.”
With all of that in mind, let’s study the Word together this year, savoring in the aroma of life that comes from the encounter every day with Jesus, the true Bread of Life.
