Today's Journal
BREAD OF LIFE
The miracle of the loaves and fishes is recorded in all four gospels: Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9, John 6Mark 6:41-44
“And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.” (NASV)
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes set a Pattern:
As regards the bread- the loaves
He took the bread
He blessed the bread
He broke the bread
He gave the bread
What he does with the bread …he does with us. We like the first two ‘take and bless’…but the other two
‘break and give’ are much more difficult
Maturity involves these Four Processes:
To know God TOOK us… from our sins… before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 4:1ff
To know God has BLESSED us… with “all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus” with the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 1:3
To know God will surely BREAK us in every part of our lives which is not “conformed to his image” Romans 8:28-29
To know God will GIVE us away to a hungry world that they may know Jesus as Lord and Savior 2 Peter 1:10-11
Rest assured: There will be plenty left over for us! Don’t worry about giving it away…there will be 12 baskets full left over. (Ben Fike Message Notes: 1980)
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” Jesus