Presence Bread

Numbers 3-4; Acts 25 

“’When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and cover the ark of the Testimony with it…Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is continually there is to remain on it.’”

Numbers 4:5, 7

The bread of the Presence was to be before the Lord always, even when the Israelites were traveling from one camp to another. This “shew-bread” represented Israel’s continual dependency on God for provision and life. When tempted to turn stones into bread, Jesus reminded Satan that “man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). When we pray “give us this day our daily bread”, we are reminded of the bread of the Presence continually before God. Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life…here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven…” (John 6:47-51). Jesus is the bread of the Presence, living bread which we need and depend on every day. All we need is in Christ!

“Lord Jesus, you are the bread of life and I depend on you for provision and all I need this day, for your glory.”