I love that the people in this passage didn’t realize they were talking with the Bread of life. They didn’t know that they were listening to the voice who first called all things into Creation. They had just asked for the miraculous bread that they had seen or heard of before, like the manna that fell from heaven, but they had the source of all LIFE sitting right next to them there at the lake. This feels so familiar…So often I’ll be asking for the answer, for the problem to go away, for something to change, and I’ll be frustrated that it’s not going like I want it to go, when God is right beside me, offering His companionship and grace and presence to me. God’s love is the sustenance we need along the journey. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still a big fan of asking specifically for what we need, for asking like kids, and I’ve seen God move in small details for sure , providing needs when I ask for them, but what I really don’t want to miss is the actual presence of the Bread of Life that satisfies even in the desert places, that nourishes in the valleys, that soaks up our tears when we can’t stop crying, that lets us collapse in steady, safe arms when everything around us is shaking. We are weary and need your presence to sustain us as we continue to move through these days in the wake of deep darkness and loss. Would You show us the light? Sustain us with your love and compassion.
Ellie Holcomb
I love that the people in this passage didn’t realize they were talking with the Bread of life. They didn’t know that they were listening to the voice who first called all things into Creation. They had just asked for the miraculous bread that they had seen or heard of before, like the manna that fell from heaven, but they had the source of all LIFE sitting right next to them there at the lake. This feels so familiar…So often I’ll be asking for the answer, for the problem to go away, for something to change, and I’ll be frustrated that it’s not going like I want it to go, when God is right beside me, offering His companionship and grace and presence to me. God’s love is the sustenance we need along the journey.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m still a big fan of asking specifically for what we need, for asking like kids, and I’ve seen God move in small details for sure , providing needs when I ask for them, but what I really don’t want to miss is the actual presence of the Bread of Life that satisfies even in the desert places, that nourishes in the valleys, that soaks up our tears when we can’t stop crying, that lets us collapse in steady, safe arms when everything around us is shaking.
We are weary and need your presence to sustain us as we continue to move through these days in the wake of deep darkness and loss. Would You show us the light? Sustain us with your love and compassion.
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