I AM the Bread of Life

This week we begin a new series on the I AM statements in the gospel of John. In John 6, Jesus feeds the 5,000, echoing the wilderness feeding of Israel in the book of Exodus. Jesus told the crowd that God provides more than just ordinary, physical bread. Jesus Himself is the “bread of life. The hungry person who comes to Jesus will be satisfied. We often go to the wrong places to find satisfaction – wealth, status, relationships, drugs, or alcohol. But these things will never satisfy. We need to “eat the bread” Jesus offers us to be filled. Life creates hunger, only Jesus satisfies.