Post by Les Brewer on Feb 7, 2012 13:23:43 GMT
Good day beloved of the Lord.You need to know today that God truly does love you and has a much greater plan ahead for those who will receive Him! Bread,that wonderful staple of life.All people everywhere,in every land,in all of history have always had some form or type of bread they could make.It is truly one of t...he most eaten foods in all the world.I do not know of anyone who doesn't like it. In the book of Numbers there is the story of the Brazen Serpent.You will find it in chapter 21:4-9,the children of Israel were bitten by "fiery" serpents for speaking against God and Moses.It seems pretty harsh judgement against them for complaining,and I stress the word "seems",but,here is what I believe took place.Look at verse 5 of the context I've provided.They wandered in the wilderness for some time now and God had provided everything they needed,food,water from the rock,quail and the manna from heaven.Yet they were not satisfied at all with God's provision.Their clothing and shoes had not worn out,and they had their health,yet they complained against God and their leader,Moses.Sounds very much like us at times,doesn't it?! The sin that I believe brought such swift punishment from the Lord was blasphemy of the Spirit.Oh,how do you know that,bro.John?Well my clue came in the last part of verse 5,where it says the people called the bread God had provided "worthless". The bread sent down from heaven was a type and shadow of the True Bread from heaven,Jesus Christ.Jesus Himself said He was the true bread from heaven in John 6:22-40.He is the only one who can bring us true life and spiritual sustenance.If we are trying to receive spiritual nurishment from any other source than from the Bible and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,then all we are getting is the husks that the world has to offer.Just look at what the prodigal son had left,when he wandered off into the world of sin an degradation.He ended up in the pigpen of life wallowing in self pitty with only husks to eat. We must be extremely careful not to fall into the trap the enemy has set for us by thinking that Jesus Christ and Him crucified is not enough to sustain us in this world we live in.This world has nothing to offer the true child of the Living God,our citizenship is in heaven.This world and all that it offers is a pigpen of problems and toil and stife,and all that it gives us to eat are the husks of brokeness and pain.True life and living comes from knowing Jesus and His enduring love and provision for our lives.Paul the Apostle said that "if in this life only we have hope,then we are of all men most miserable".Place your faith exclusively in Christ and what He did for us at the cross,and you will experience the True Bread from Heaven. We are warned in Hebrews 10:29 not to trample underfoot the blood of the New Covenant,or we would receive worse punishment than the Old Testement complainers.Jesus has provided and continues to provide all that we need that pertains to life and godliness in the here and now,and in the end eternal life. Child of God,do not draw back in unbelief and doubt,but move forward in faith,knowing that we are but a vapor that appears for a short time and then we vanish away." The just shall live by faith,but if anyone draws back,My soul shall have no pleasure in him.But we are not of those who draw back to perdition,but of those who believe to the saving of the soul." (Hebrews 10:38-39).....God bless you all in Christ........JW
