Wednesday after Epiphany: John 6:30–33, 48–51

The Set-Up

The crowd is begging Jesus for a reminder of the past, specifically Moses providing manna.

Jesus shuts it down - Moses didn’t provide the bread, God did.

And those who ate the manna, died eventually anyway. Jesus offers a Living Bread and those who eat it, live forever. 

No rulebook or requirements - the offering is…Himself. Christ is the meal from Heaven the ends our spiritual starvation.

The Takeaways

Nostalgia is a Trap. 

The "manna" of yesterday won't feed you today.

The Old Way Leads to Death. 

Tradition alone doesn't give eternal life.

Jesus is the Meal. 

The Gospel isn't a theory - you have to "eat" it, internalize it, let it become part of you.

Flesh for the World. 

Jesus gives His life as a global offering.

Real Food sustains. 

Everything else leaves you hungry again. Only the Living Bread fills the void.

The Good News

Starvation is over. You don't have to wonder where your next meal might be - the True Bread has already been served.

The Good News is that God doesn't offer us a set of instructions to memorize; God offers us a life to consume. It is an invitation to deep intimacy with the Divine. You can stop trying to live off quick fixes.

The feast is here, it is alive, and it is for you.

(Artwork: Jesus Christ, The Bread of Life, by Mark Lawrence)