The next time you grab for a slice of bread, think upon God’s sovereignty… Why?
Bread has been an important staple in our diets for thousands of years. God knows this fact and therefore draws upon it to teach us!
In Matthew 4, for instance, we get to hear Jesus proclaiming the imperative need of humanity for God’s words. Jesus responds to Satan’s twisting of Scripture, with rightly divided Scripture:
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”(Deut 8:3; Mt4:4)
And it’s within the Scriptures where we witness the profoundly reassuring sovereignty of God pointing to Jesus as the Word of God (Jn 1) as well as our Bread from Heaven (Jn 6:22-59).
And where was God incarnate born? Just as promised 700 years prior through the prophet, Micah, the Bread of Life was born in Bethlehem, which means, “the house of bread.”
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace.”
Micah 5:2, 4-5
With all of this in view, by God’s grace alone, let’s pray for His help to prioritize the Scriptures above all of books and shows. This doesn’t mean we go without other books, but as a brilliant preacher of late once exhorted,
”Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Keep living in the Scriptures and deriving sustenance from your Creator and King. And therefore, when you grab for bread for a meal home or out at dinner, please be diligent to remember the one who gave His life so that you and I could find life in Him. He is the bread of life (Jn 6:51)!
Merry Christmas, friends (all year round)!
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