Day 300, or October the 27th. I am the bread
of life. Our thoughts today come from John chapter
6, verse 35. 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.
Now the big picture surrounding this verse. these
two chapters of john include the first of Jesus
seven signs not to be confused with the first
miracle of changing water into wine which john
records earlier in his gospel john relates the
feeding of the five thousand with fish and bread
and then reminds his readers that Jesus had said
he was the bread of life so linking this first
visual sign with some of the important spiritual
teaching Jesus. And now our action step for today.
Belief in Jesus does not mean all our wants will
be met. Superficial reading of today's text can
lead you to suspect this until you consider it
more deeply. True belief in Jesus enables you
to discern what is best and most beneficial for
you, so that you can truly live your life to
the full. The Holy Spirit is our guide on this
quest. our twenty -first century world is full
of empty promises that are obviously erroneous
a particular type of chocolate fizzy drink or
motor -car will bring happiness of a sort but
if we are to live a life where we can truly say
i am truly satisfied we have to think of other
than daily necessities or luxuries having sufficient
food and drink is not enough They are essential,
but do not bring true quality of life. When Jesus
says that he is the bread of life, he is surely
saying that when you have him, you have all you
need to live your life to the full. Of course,
if you say this to a starving man, it would appear
to be particularly crass. But you would soon
see that if you gave him all the food and drink
he needed, you would not necessarily give him
a life worth living. Don't confuse having your
wants fulfilled, the world will try to do that,
with having your needs fulfilled, only Jesus
can do that. Day 21 in this audiobook will help
you get started on the road to living your life
to the full.