I heard an account from a person who said they were in a store in Africa when an announcement was made that there was bread in the store, well the people rushed to the front counter to get bread, they were pushing and shoving, not caring who was in their way, they just wanted that bread! These people were so desperate to get their bread they were willing to trample over people to get it, and many of them still left the store without any bread! America is currently so blessed, honestly most of us never go without a meal, but another thing I was thinking about was we aren’t only physically “full”, but we are also spiritually full too! There are churches on every corner in most places, you can have your “bread” served up anyway you want! It truly depends on us though the quality of bread we get . My kids are very picky eaters, there are stages I’m finding that kids go through when they only eat certain foods, I just continue offering them all types of foods, but still they continue to eat those few select foods.
We can be that way too when it comes to spiritual bread. We are in many ways spoiled, we can be very picky eaters, God is trying to serve us the bread of giving and we choose to be stingy, He tries to serve us the bread of submission and we keep eating on the bread of rebellion! Most importantly He tries to serve us Himself….the bread of life and we keep “eating” on the breads of this world which just result in death to our souls. We need to hunger for the true bread that is Jesus (John 6: 32-35). I feel like many are are starving among us, because they are just not eating…they are not reading and studying the word, they are not attending church like they should, it’s like a person who hasn’t eaten in a long time sitting in front of a banquet and just aren’t eating, maybe because they don’t like what is being served! We need to become like those African people that were willing to do anything for that bread for their bellies, when Jesus makes the announcement that the true bread is in the house we need to be desperate to get it so our souls can live on to do His will! I love y’all…