A Communion meditation: Bread of life …

Someone recorded the following story …

After missionary Johnathan Goforth (1859-1936) had spoken in a chapel in southern China, a man asked to talk to him. He said, “I have heard you speak three times, and you always have the same theme. You always speak of Jesus Christ. Why?”

The missionary replied, “Sir, before answering your question, let me ask, what did you have for dinner today?”

“Rice,” replied the man.

“What did you have yesterday?”

“The same thing.”

“And what do you expect to eat tomorrow?”

“Rice, of course. It gives me strength. I could not do without it. Sir, it is …”

The man hesitated, as if looking for a strong word.

Then he added, “Sir, it is my very life!”

The missionary responded quickly, “What you have said of rice, Jesus is to our soul! He is the ‘rice’ or ‘bread of life.'”

As we partake of the bread and wine at Communion, we’re reminded that Jesus poured out His life so we could have life; His blood shed, His body broken to save us from our sins and bring to us eternal life.

“Jesus replied, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will,” John 6:35-38.

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