Our Life

 Nehemiah 5-6; Psalms 146; Luke 24

“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight…Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.”

Luke 24:30, 31, 35

Jesus gave his disciples the symbols of his body and blood in the Passover meal. Then, days later he used the same symbols to reveal himself to two others of his disciples who were not present at that Passover meal.

Why did Jesus choose to reveal his divinity to these disciples in the “breaking of bread”?

John would later quote Jesus as saying, “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). ” If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever…” (John 6:51). Jesus wanted these disciples, and us, to know that what we need to live comes from him. Today, what we need to live comes from Jesus. He is our life. Feeding on this living bread satisfies our hunger like nothing else ever will.

Have our eyes been opened to see this?

“Lord Jesus, you are my life now and forevermore, for your glory.”