A Prayer to Discover Our Satisfaction within the God Who Satisfies Eternally
By Alisha Headley
“Then Jesus mentioned to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses didn’t offer you bread from heaven, however My Father provides you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and provides life to the world.” (John 6:32-33)
Whereas we’d like meals each day to nourish our our bodies, there may be one other sort of nourishment that feeds our souls and that’s Jesus Himself. Most of us flip to meals or different types of nourishment and satisfaction to fill us not simply out of necessity for our our bodies to outlive, however out of a spot to consolation us, to present us peace, and to quickly convey us pleasure.
We don’t simply do that with meals, we create different types of pleasure to fulfill our starvation. We flip to television exhibits to numb us out, to buddies, to staying busy, to understanding, to our careers, or something we rely on or lean on to fulfill the starvation and thirst we’ve for a longing of success. However like most issues, meals, or folks, we’re solely glad quickly, after which we discover ourselves as soon as once more nonetheless hungry and thirsty for extra.
Right now’s verse reminds us that the true eternal totally satisfying, that can by no means depart us hungry is from Heaven and that’s Jesus. Right now’s passage is referring to how God provided manna to feed the Israelites as they fled the Egyptian slavery and as they traveled, with Moses as their chief, for 40 years all through the wilderness. Whereas bread to eat was nourishment and life to their our bodies, the true bread of Heaven is Jesus who provides life to their soul and the world. What a ravishing reminder! That longing that all of us need to be fulfilled, might be fulfilled by merely calling on the identify of Jesus. He’s our one True Bread that can give us eternal life with Him sooner or later in Heaven. We are able to flip to Him in the present day for that starvation for success we really feel within us. We are able to flip to Him to fulfill us and quench our hungering wants. Let’s pray in the present day and ask Him to fulfill us in ways in which no meals, individual or factor ever can.
Let’s pray:
Expensive God,
Thanks a lot for the Bible and all of the tales from the previous which can be nonetheless related to us in the present day. Thanks that you’re a God who gives and received’t depart us hungry and thirsty. Thanks, Lord, that you just despatched your Son down from Heaven to die for our sins in order that we may have eternal life with you we’re informed in John 3:16. Please remind us in the present day that every one the issues of this world that we’re chasing after won’t ever ever really fulfill us. We thanks for blessing us with issues and folks on this life that convey pleasure, however we’re reminded in the present day that they don’t convey us lasting success.
We ask that you’d divulge to us any something on this world that we’ve made an idol that we’re striving to satisfy us as a substitute of you. Please re-direct our focus again on you reminding us to “search you first the Kingdom of God and all of your righteousness, after which the whole lot else might be added to us.” (Matthew 6:33) Assist us bear in mind, that whereas the issues of this world are good to get pleasure from and love, it’s you we’re to like before everything, and it’s you that can convey us lasting success and a nourishment to our lives that nothing else can. Forgive us for trying elsewhere, quite than trying in direction of you. We love you Lord and thanks for being our one true Consolation and in you, we “lack nothing. (Psalm 23:1)
In Jesus’ identify,
Amen
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Alisha Headley is a author + speaker who has a want to fulfill the on a regular basis girl in her on a regular basis life with biblical reality. Moving into her true calling, she left the company world behind as a former-financial VP to like on her household as a stay-at-home wifey + canine mama, whereas additionally having the ability to pursue her ardour as a author. Therapeutic from a chapter of life consumed with lies she as soon as believed about herself, she is impressed to level girls to Christ to expertise the liberty + energy to beat these lies with the reality written in God’s phrase. In her free time, Alisha enjoys street journeys across the nation, understanding so she will be able to eat her favourite meals, and creatively styling her outfits with a craft for trend. Alisha is a proud wifey and canine mama dwelling in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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