Orange Moon Tuesday, June 2, 2026 "Every Bite"

The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…

    “Every Bite”     

   

   A message has graced every bite of food we have ever eaten:

   “Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of life” (John 6:35).

    We may never have thought of this before, or if we have, we will not consider it every time we partake.  The Spirit of God nevertheless bears continual witness of the Lord Jesus Christ as “the living Bread” our spirits must consume in order to be alive, and to “walk in newness of life” (John 6:51; Romans 6:4).  

    “The invisible things of Him from the creation of world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made” (Roman 1:20).  

    This explains why food supplies both sustenance and enjoyment.  Certainly, we must eat in order to survive.  However, God also made food with flavor, that we might find pleasure in the partaking.  This speaks powerfully to the Lord Jesus as “Christ the power of God,” while also proclaiming “the joy of the Lord is your strength” (I Corinthians 1:24; Nehemiah 8:10).  God calls us into a relationship with Him that empowers our faithfulness not in mere utilitarian terms of stoic discipline, but in personal terms whereby we “serve the Lord with gladness” (Psalm 100:2).  As we partake of earthly food for both sustenance and enjoyment, we reflect a far greater consumption of the heart.  “He that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me” (John 6:57).  

   God could have made food without flavor, and our tongues with no tastebuds.  Or perhaps He could not have omitted these marvelous gifts in light of the truth that He has no interest in our fellowship with Him that does not include both sustenance and gladness.  Every bite bears this message to our hearts of “God is my strength” and “God my exceeding joy” (II Samuel 22:33, Psalm 43:4).  Every bite speaks of Christ and who He is to our hands and feet, and to our hearts.  We will not always think of this when we eat.  It will always be true, however, as the Spirit of God bears witness to Christ the Heavenly Bread of life in the partaking of our daily bread.

“This is that bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live forever.”

(John 6:58)

WeeklyMemory Verse

    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.

(Ephesians 6:10)

 

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