The Bread Of Life

We’ve been continuing in a series at Mountain View that I’ve adapted from Ed Young Jr’s messages entitled “The Table”. (Thanks for the packet Ed) What a fresh new way to look at the church! It’s a table where we gather to experience the “Bread of Life” – Jesus. When we gather around this table, believers receive spiritual nourishment that gives them strength for service, and seekers are introduced to the source of eternal life. I believe that God arranges all of life to point us to the need we have for a relationship with Him. In fact, until we meet Him, we cannot discover the reason for which we were created. Of course, many would argue that we determine our own course in life, therefore we create the reason we exist, but the Bible tells us something different. Paul writes that “we are His creation—created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.” Therefore, until we come to know God thru a relationship with Christ Jesus, we do not know the works He has prepared for our lives. God’s desire is for us to discover that purpose too. So, He uses every incident and ever circumstance of life to point us to the fact that our lives are incomplete without Him. I even think that hunger pangs point us to the need we have for Christ. Hunger is a very real and ongoing part of life. When we eat, the hunger pangs go away – at least for a while. But they come back when our bodies have used up all the nutrients and calories. In order to keep living, we have to keep eating. So physical food is not sufficient to completely take away the hunger pangs we feel. In the same way, we have a spiritual hunger that nothing in life can satisfy. In order to quench our spiritual hunger, we have to “eat” the “Bread of Life”. Jesus called Himself the “Bread of Life”. What does it mean to “eat” the “Bread of Life”? It’s interesting that in the Bible, the word eat gives the same picture as believing. So we must believe – digest – take internally in a spiritual manner, the “Bread of Life”. But it’s more than an intellectual appreciation. It’s also more than a ritualistic confession of faith. It’s not memorizing facts or flippantly acknowledging God or outwardly recognizing Jesus as the Son of God. To believe on Jesus Christ means to receive Him within you just as you would receive food. But unlike food, when Jesus enters your life, He completely quenches your spiritual hunger for eternal life; it’s a one time thing. And at that moment, you discover that your life has been made complete. And ultimately, you’ll never be lacking again. And the wonderful part is that He offers the “Bread of Life” to all who will believe. It’s an act of grace. Anyone who will come to the table, will find that a place has been set for them – there is always room for more. And you’ll find that what you’ve been yearning for, the significance you’ve always wanted in your life, that void in your life that you’ve never been able to fill, can only be satisfied thru a relationship with Christ Jesus. Have you met Him? Have you digested Him? Has He become a part of who you are, or is He some distant figure that you pay homage to every now and then? If so, you haven’t really met Him. But you can. There is a place at the table for you. If you’d like to know Him, I encourage you to call 1-800-NEEDHIM 1-800-633-3446 today.

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