“Bread for the World: Embracing the Fullness of Christ”
August 11, 2024
John 6:35, 41-51
Rev. Teer Hardy
Jesus does not explain himself in terms of who he is not or high theology. Instead, he says I am bread that will sustain you. I am bread that gives you new life. I am bread for the world.
Standing before the crowd, standing before use, in the flesh is the fullness of God. If you have ever wondered what God looks like, look at the altar and the bread that sustains. If you have ever wondered how God acts or talks, look to Christ, who invites all of us to taste and see what life looks like in the fullness of God.
Anne Lamont wrote, “The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.”
We want our spiritual desires and theological questions answered with certainty, but instead, Jesus offers us bread. In a simple meal of bread and wine, Jesus promises to nourish and sustain the world.
Jesus is the bread that the world desperately needs, even while He is the One we frequently turn from. And still, the invitation remains—to taste and see that the Lord is good. This invitation is a testament to the open arms of Jesus, always ready to nourish and sustain. The world will tell you that you must be for this and not that. Yet, Jesus tells us that he is bread, he is life for the world, and he is bread, he is life for you.
