Bread of Life

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

                                                                       (Matt 4:1-4 KJV)

That old tempter can be pretty sly. What may appear to be good is not always what is good.

Jesus went forty days without food. He was hungry. The devil shows up and challenges him to prove that he is the Son of God by changing the stones into bread. Jesus refuses saying that to live life we need more than physical food to eat. The word of God is necessary for an abundant life; for eternal life. Jesus is the Word of God that is necessary for such life.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

                                                                                        (John 1:1,14)

Jesus is the bread of life. He said:  "I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." (John 6:51)

The tempter would have us believe otherwise. He would have us challenge the reality of God by challenging God to prove himself. All the proof has already been given to us through the inspired word of God. It was given to us when Jesus hung on that cross for us; was buried; and, rose from the dead. It was given to us as the witnesses watched him ascend into the heavenly place. All this was done for us. Nothing more than the Word of God who is the bread of life is needed for an abundant life in him. Anything more is distraction by the tempter to keep us from trusting the Lord.

Trust the Lord to provide for you and live a grace filled life in him.

God's Peace - Pr. J.