Bread is symbolic throughout Scriptures.
Throughout our day, every time we see bread we should be reminded of at least 4 different things.
1. Obedience Throughout our day, every time we see bread we should be reminded of at least 4 different things.
- Exodus 12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.
- The unleavened bread symbolized the need to obey quickly. They didn’t have time to wait for obedience. The Israelites needed to pick up and go quickly. We are the same way. We need to be ready and willing to obey quickly. Delayed obedience is disobedience.
- Exodus 25:30 And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
- The bread was set in the Holies of Holies in the Temple to show the covenant between God and his people. God continues to be in relationship with his children today.
- Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
- Isaiah 55:2-3 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live;
- John 6:32-33 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- We are not helping our mentee by simply giving her worldly wisdom and our advice. We need to be pointing her continually back to Christ so that she could truly be satisfied. She will not be filled on your words alone.
- John 6:35;48-51 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
- Matthew 26:26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
Christ is always the answer. Whatever we are going through, whatever we are needing, we also need more of Christ. Today, eat some bread and remember that Jesus truly is the bread of LIFE
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