It is Holy Week, and our minds turn to thoughts of Jesus and His final days on earth. Today we remember His Last Supper with His disciples. The bread and wine they shared was a holy meal representing Christ’s body which was to be broken and His blood which was to be poured out of His wounds.
Jesus made the unleavened bread significant, never again to be just the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. It became a meal of remembrance for all time. The taking of the bread and the cup is sacred to believers who partake.
Jesus spoke of bread early in His ministry. He spent 40 days and 40 nights in the desert fasting, being tempted by the devil. Jesus was hungry, and the devil called Jesus to turn rocks into bread to satisfy His hunger.
“Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God,’” (Matthew 4:4 NIV).
We may also be tempted by bread. Most commonly we are tempted by luscious leavened bread, fresh from the oven. But Jesus reminds us that it is the Word of God that satisfies and nourishes us.
This week let us remember the significance of bread in our lives, not the physical temptation that calls from our stomachs, but the body and blood of our Savior that was given for our salvation.
Gloria D. Stewart
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