An Endless Giving of His Body

# 693 Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 14:22 “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."

“As they were eating.” As they were eating what? As they were eating the Passover meal. The Passover meal had many required parts to it. All of these parts were designed to remind the Old Testament church of God's past deliverance, and they pointed to His future deliverance through the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world....namely Jesus.

And so here He is, on the night that HE would be betrayed, on the night before His body would be given up and His blood spilled for the sin of the world. He pauses and introduces something totally new to the meal. Just imagine the thoughts of the disciples at this time!

What are You doing Jesus? We've never done this before. Why are You taking bread, blessing it, and distributing it to us? What does this mean? This must be something very special. Has this meal not already been blessed? Why take up bread and bless it again?

The disciples thoughts likely returned to the time that Jesus fed the 5,000, and the 4,000. Both times, He prayed a blessing, broke the bread and gave it to His disciples, and they then distributed the unlimited supply of bread and fish to the crowd.

God was about to do something miraculous with this bread. And He did! He said, “From now on, this bread is My body given for you. And just as the 5000 feasted and were satisfied with their meal, so we too have been spiritually fed and satisfied as often as we partake of this meal in remembrance of Him.

Here's a question for you. How many people do you think Jesus would've been able to feed, when He fed the 5000? Do you think He maybe would've run out at 5,001? 10,000? A million?

How many have tasted of the Lord's Table since this night of His passion? Untold millions, and, as many as will come, will continue tasting of it's mystical power until He comes again!

When I partake of the Lord's Supper, I like to put myself in the crowd of the 5000. They were physically hungry, I am spiritually hungry. I eagerly anticipate receiving His Body and Blood for the forgiveness of my sins.

And when I leave the table, I try to put myself in the shoes of the 5000 as well. Perfectly fed, fully satisfied. Thankful that my sins have been forgiven and washed away by His blood.