What Are You Feeding On?

Rev. Enoch Thompson | April 2 2025 | John 6:27-40

KEY VERSE: “Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 (NIV)

MESSAGE: Food is a natural necessity for human beings, and we must eat to survive physically. Satisfying our natural need and appetite for food is so fundamental that we will do whatever it takes to ensure we have food to eat. The quality of the food we eat is also very important to our health and overall well-being. Our Lord Jesus Christ used this natural human need to teach the Jews who followed Him after He had performed one of His miracles of the feeding of the multitudes by multiplying bread and fish. He challenged the reason for their pursuit of Him and linked it to a search for the satisfaction of their natural physical hunger. He pointed them, however, to the need to seek to satisfy the deepest longing of the human soul and to gain eternal satisfaction through faith in Him.

Their recollection of the provision of manna to their ancestors in the wilderness, and their assumption of Moses having been the source of that provision, showed how limited their view of things was. Among them and before them stood the bread of life that came from the Father, yet they could not see it and kept looking for the bread that perishes with use.

FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:

What is your spirituality about? Are you focusing on the material benefits that God can give you, primarily, or are you seeking to find the fullness of life by your relationship with God through Jesus Christ?

PRAYER:

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me for often limiting my relationship with you to getting things that I need for this physical life. I know there are richer blessings that await me in you. Please help me to rise above the limitations of my felt needs, and to reach out for the satisfaction of my real needs in you. For your dear Name’s sake, Amen.

THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.

SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!

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DAILY word study: BREAD The Greek word used in John 6:35 for bread is ἄρτος (artos), meaning “bread” or “food made from flour.” In Jewish culture, it also carried symbolic connotations of nourishment, provision, and sustenance. Jesus calling Himself the bread of life points to both physical and spiritual realities. In the wilderness, Israel received manna—temporary provision. But Jesus offers eternal sustenance for the soul. This declaration echoes Exodus 16, where manna came from heaven, but here Christ proclaims Himself as heaven’s true provision. He’s not offering something temporary; He’s offering Himself as the answer to our deepest hunger.

Reflection:

To feed on Christ is to believe in Him, follow Him, and receive Him as life’s true source. Ask yourself daily—what am I feeding my soul with?

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