Free Bread

“Come…you who have no money, come, buy and eat! …without money and without cost…Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?” Isaiah 55:1-2. “Then Jesus said, ‘I am the bread of life.’” John 6:35

Jesus basically ask the age old question, ‘Why are you searching for something you already have?’ He tells us to ‘come, buy and eat.’ It is His offering to each of us with His hand extended to us. He asks us to come…to pursue Him; He encourages us to buy…to invest in Him; He tells us eat…to feed upon Him.

Christ is the bread of life for which we all have free access to enjoy. We run around this place called earth in search of that which will satisfy our appetites regardless of its nourishment. We feed upon the ‘fatty of life,’ that which fails to build our spiritual muscle. We ‘labor on what does not satisfy’ as we move from idol to idol wanting to worship a god but failing to recognize the God for whom we are called to worship.

This week marks the 5 year anniversary of the day I stayed home from work with the flu and decided to ‘invest in Jesus.’ It was the day that I decided to ‘come, buy and eat!’ I made the purchase although I never had to spend a penny – He had already paid the cost. Since that day I have been through three deaths of my loved ones and have been fully fed by God’s word, His comfort and the enabling, sustaining and amazing grace of fresh baked Bread everyday!

Once you taste the warm and mouth watering Bread of Life you then know the counterfeits. You know what no longer satisfies and tastes flat. You are aware of the bread you are missing when you feed on the circumstances instead of the giver of life.

The invitation is the same for all…come, buy and eat…it doesn’t cost you anything.