Morning by Morning, December 3 - Consuming “The Bread of Life” in Deeper Intimacy with Jesus
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and every moment of my day. ...
“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the Bread of Life. Whoever comes to Me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty” (John 6:35).
The day before You spoke these words, You had fed the five thousand out of the five loaves of bread and two fish, with twelve baskets full of bread left over (v. 8-13). And “when the people saw the sign that (You) had done, they began to say, ‘This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world” -- the long-awaited Messiah (v. 14).
Then they pursued You to other side of the sea of Galilee. Yet even after that, many were focused on the blessings of Your power rather than the glory of Your Presence. You confronted their motives and their hearts, challenging them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on Him that God the Father has set His seal” (v. 26-27).
You awakened them with the revelation that even in the wilderness with Moses, when the manna from God came down to feed their ancestors in the desert, You were the Manna that sustained them, declaring, “I am the Living Bread that came down from heaven” (v. 51).
And then You shocked them with the most challenging words of all: “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood you have no life in you. Those who eat My flesh and drink My blook have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for My flesh is true food and My blood is true drink. Those who eat My flesh and drink My blood abide in Me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats Me will live because of Me. This is Bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died, but the one who eats this Bread will live forever” (v. 53-58).
It was more than many could bear. Even “many of (Your) disciples turned back and no longer went about with (You)” (v. 66).
So it is today. This depth of intimacy with You is more than many can bear -- even among those who follow You and would say they are Your disciples. But You’re calling is not merely to follow You, but to “abide in (You)” (v. 56). You’re invitation is not merely to call upon You but to spiritually consume You -- for You are the Bread of Life. “(Your) words are Spirit and Life” (v. 63). And You are “the Word (that) was made Flesh” to dwell among us in Your glory, “the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
Today, You call us as Your true disciples, to embrace Your words, to consume Your Presence, as we abide in You and You abide in us, in the depths of spiritual intimacy that few are truly willing to pursue (John 15:4). We are to become “one” with You and “one” with our Father, just as You and our Father are “one” (John 17:21).
As You prayed as the Son of Man on earth before ascending to the Father after Your resurrection from Your death upon the cross for every one of us:
“The glory that You have given Me I have given them, so that they may be one, as We are one, I in them and You in Me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me” (John 17:22-23).
These are the ones who will truly represent You in our world -- the surrendered ones, the intimate ones, the ones who embrace Your words and Your Presence, consuming You as the Bread of Life to become one with You.
It’s more than most can bear. So Lord, give me the grace to be one of those -- one of Yours, one of Your intimate ones who have become “one” with You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be one of the surrendered ones, the intimate ones, passionately pursuing and consuming the Lord Jesus with all your heart as He consumes you in deeper intimacy with Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
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