April 6

John 6:27-40
“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal
life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has
set his seal.” Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of
God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him
whom he has sent.” So they said to him, “What sign are you going to give us then,
so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing?
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, „He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.‟” Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not
Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the
true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from
heaven and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread
always.”Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that
you have seen me and yet do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will
come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have
come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent
me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that
he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my
Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will
raise them up on the last day.

DG Comment: Jesus is the bread of life. What really has potential to sustain our deepest need is the word and spirit of Christ if we take it and eat.