Food and Drink

John 6:51-58 v 55 “For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”

I am the living bread came down from heaven. This bread I offer so the world may live is my flesh. But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.

I have been on a weight reduction program for nearly two months now and I am ashamed to say that my clothes fit me better, I have more energy, and have started to exercise more regularly. Ashamed because I had got used to eating too much, used to doing more sedentary activities, which were not bad but required a different eating and exercise plan that I had not changed too. How did I manage to reach my goals? By realizing that the true food and drink that I need is Jesus. That I needed what only Jesus can provide, a change of heart and a change of attitude. As the words of the bible fed my soul, my body was content with less, felt energized by exercise and my mind has had to look deeply at my attitude towards eating. Yes, anyone who feeds on Jesus will live because of Jesus. It is not about the ritual of communion, our eating of the bread and wine that represents His body and blood, but the living off the true food and the true drink.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you for the Son that you sent to be the true food and drink for us to live by. We are sorry for not following eating and exercise plans that are for our own good. Help us to continue to honour you in our eating and drinking. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.