This past Sunday evening, I was going through my office looking for some bowls for the chili and came across some hamburger buns from October (I guess I forgot about them being in there, lol!). To my surprise, they were not moldy in the least, however they were more than a bit stale. Then, later in the evening when I sat down to think about what I wanted to write for my commentary, I ran across a statement saying, “The Bread of Life never becomes stale.” I instantly then thought about the bread in my office in comparison to this statement. How true it is! The bread of this world is only short lived, but the Bread of Life is everlasting.
For instance, Ray mentioned in his last sermon about how he has noticed an uprising in the amount of sports players that are proclaiming their Christian faith through various messages, i.e. Florida University’s Senior QB Tim Tebow and his under-eye tape with scripture on it and the growing amount of players joining in pre and post game prayers. This is what the Living Bread is about! It is about accepting Christ and allowing for God to nourish us through the Holy Spirit. If the Living Bread was more like worldly bread, this uprising, as Ray mentioned, in public Christian faith proclamation would not be happening.
Furthermore, the world bread versus the Living Bread analogy can be used for each of us. What bread are you dependent upon? Which bread are you more like? What about our church family as a whole? Are we alive in Christ or are we stale like hamburger buns from October? Or are we beyond stale, and starting to become moldy?
My hope and prayer is that we fight away the staleness and mold that poisons us. I know the Living Bread is still alive today; let’s try to keep this Bread out of the bread box and in the open for all to see and share.
Josh
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