Jesus is Essential
John 6:52–56: The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
What else does bread suggest? Christ is absolutely indispensable. Since bread was the staple of life in those days, it was difficult for people to conceive of life without bread. Is it difficult for us to conceive of life without Christ? What if there were no Christ? How would that change our lives?
The refrain from an old Peggy Lee song asks, “Is that all there is? Is that all there is?” What is your life like? Is that all there is? I cannot conceive of going on living without Christ. He is our bread. He is our all, our everything. 1
Walking with Jesus
What recent decisions have you made that demonstrates to your family and closest friends that Jesus is your everything?
Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:24
Abiding with Jesus is the only way to prove that He is our everything.
Praying
Lord, thank You for teaching us Your true meaning behind Your body and blood.
1. Hughes, R. K. (1999). John: that you may believe. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
