Bread (mmmmm)

Bread of Life

I love bread, especially fresh warm bread dripping with melted butter. I can easily make a whole meal of it. There are many other foods that I love as well. In fact, the lust for food and the pleasure and comfort it gives me is one of my habitual weaknesses (i. e. sins). Jesus said he is the bread of life, but, I confess that when it comes to my spiritual life I can approach it like I do vegetables-it’s good for me. Daily devotions, readings, and prayers are more of a discipline than a dinner. There is something wrong with that picture. Why don’t I have a lust for the Bread of Life like I do for bread and butter?

My Pastor said that we tend to want the blessings of God, not the God Himself. Guilty! He also said we want the physical, tangible things not the spiritual, intangible things. Guilty again! I talk about the sweetness of God’s presence and I have certainly experienced that. But taking in God is hard. It requires that I surrender and make myself open to whatever He has for me. It may be sweet or it may be bitter. The one thing I do know is that if I can open myself up and feed on Him, it will change me. And maybe some of my earthly struggles, such as loving food too much, will change as well.

Does anyone else struggle with taking in God Himself?

Addendum: This was written in 2014. Since that time I have come across Seedbed-a group of people that are working towards an awaking of the Spirit of God in our lives, churches, communities and the nation. The Daily Wake-up call is a daily reflection on scripture that has changed the way I see many things in the Bible. And I went to their yearly conference--New Room--for the first time in 2022. Something happened there. I can't really define it except to say I was awakened. I left the conference with a hunger for Jesus I never experienced before. I love reading and reflecting on scripture. And I especially love just sitting in silence experiencing the presence of God all around me. I now feast on the Bread of Life.

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