Monday, June 20, 2011

Where is my bread?

John 6:32
Chip Brogden

"My Father gives you the True Bread from Heaven." -John 6:32

Why are we following the Lord? Is it for what He can do for us? Is it so we can enjoy His blessing? Is it because He supplies our needs? Do we want the gifts or the Gift? If our motivation is for blessings then we will soon be disappointed. Indeed, from this time forward, many of His disciples turned back and stopped following Him. How many of us will continue to follow when the Lord fails to respond to us in the way we have grown accustomed?

The Lord may provide you with bread for a season, but there is a difference between looking to the Lord for bread and looking to the Lord as bread. May God show us the difference. The Gift of God is not what Christ can do for you, but Who He Himself is.

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Almighty God, thank You so much for binding Yourself to our world in Jesus and binding me close to You through His Lordship in my life. I look forward to the day when the Lord who I kneel to worship today will be recognized by all the living and the dead as the One True Lord. I pledge to You Father, that I will live this day to honor Him and by honoring Him, honor You. In His name I pray. Amen and Amen.