thinking about bread

The Jews could not figure out Jesus because they were
not spiritually oriented. When Jesus spoke of himself being
the bread from heaven they responded saying, “ How can
this man give us his flesh to eat.” John 6:52
Jesus didn’t explain too much, just continued speaking about
people’s need to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Many got offended and followed him no more. John 6:66
Even the disciples were so often missing the amazing
revelations that Jesus taught them.
In Matthew 16 Jesus is teaching them to be on their guard
against legalism and the self-righteous teachings of the
Pharisees. They thought that he was rebuking them because
they had forgotten to take the bread.
Isn’t this often the situation with us, too? Our failures influence
our relationship with the Lord. We expect him to express his
disappointment with us when he actually sees us spotless and
beautiful and ministers to us accordingly.
In order for us to be spiritually minded we need to finally
accept the truth that “He chose us in Him, before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love…” Eph.1:4
“ For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.” Rom.8:6