John 6:41-51

John 6:41-51
English Standard Version (ESV)

  For forty years, the Israelites ate manna from heaven.  My kids eat chicken twice a week and complain that it's all we ever eat.  They wouldn't have made it very far in the wilderness journey.  Forty years -- manna every day of the week, with an occasional side of quail.  If you were born early in the journey, you might have never tasted anything other than those two things throughout your life.
  Even though manna was miraculous, it couldn't prevent the Israelites from dying in the wilderness.  Manna was able to sustain them on their journey, but it couldn't provide beyond the wilderness. 
  Jesus, however, is able to sustain us beyond our present journey.  It's not just about getting us through today -- Jesus is strengthening us for an eternal life, and he's also sacrificing himself.  Jesus is literally dying to feed us, so that we might eat and be sustained for everything that is to come, in this life and beyond.
  Today, you've likely given some thought to what you'll eat for lunch, and maybe you've even planned dinner.  You want to avoid hunger, so you think ahead.
  Have you given thought to how you'll make time for Jesus to sustain and strengthen you?  Are you planning to set aside time to eat, to take him in and let him change you?  Plan for it..  Prepare for it.  And you'll dine at the eternal feast.