Bread † The Mystery

Do you remember in scripture, where Jesus says, "I Am the Bread of Life?" Have you ever pondered what He might have meant? If God needed to make Bread out of you, would you be willing? In Bible days, the breaking of Bread was sacred! Bread was present at every meal much like today, and to share a meal with another person or family, was to "cut a covenant of salt." Oh the wonders of Bread! You can smell, and almost see, a fresh loaf of Bread coming out of Grandma's oven. Wait! But first, the Bread must go into the furnace! The furnace causes the Bread to rise; to grow bigger! The Bread is actually becoming what God made Bread to be! But that cannot happen, without first spending time in the fire! At last the Bread is ready. But Wait! What is the purpose of all of this? Bread is of no use, until the knife breaks it! It may smell so good, fresh out of Grandma's oven, but just wait as the knife releases the heart of the Bread! The aroma increases exponentially! The Bread serves absolutely no purpose, until the fire, then the knife, are drawn upon it! Once broken, now the Bread can feed and nourish hungry souls. The body quickly sends the Bread's nutrients to needy and waiting parts of the body that need its nourishment to survive. I'm asking you now, has God made Bread of you lately? When He puts you in the fire, and He begins to break you, do you wish it weren't you? Do you run off crying, "the Devil's after me!?" God is making Bread out of you Man! Are we so blind, not to see the world's bleeding hearts, and wounded souls, that God is planning to invade through our testimony? If you belong to God, He is going to make Bread out of you! You might as well write it down! He is going to mature you by fire! He is going to break you! For in the breaking of God's own, a multitude can be fed the precious Bread they so desperately need! Certainly, Christ Jesus is The True Bread of Life! There is none Fairer, none Grander, than The Paragon of Virtue; Our Lord! But Father made Bread of Him, to save untold millions that would otherwise be lost forever. So when we see the oven heating up, When we see the knife laying there on the table, let us not shrink back and doubt the faithfulness of God! Instead, let us sit back in wonder, thanking Almighty God, that we are being counted worthy to suffer for His name! brian†craig