"To Eat of The Bread of Life"

"The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek Him: your heart shall live forever." (Psalms 22:26) Merry Christmas one and all! Seeing that this is the morning that we celebrate the birth of our Lord, I thought this message should contain some sort of message about Christmas; after all, it is Jesus that is the Reason For The Season, not Santa Claus; although, I do enjoy watching Santa movies. If you know the Gospels pretty well, then you should remember one particular time when many of Jesus' followers had turned away from following Him; so many had turned away, that Jesus turned to the twelve and asked, "Will ye also go away?" (John 6:67) This took place after Jesus had described Himself as the Bread of Life which had come down from heaven that they might eat His flesh and drink His blood. It was a message of God giving Manna from heaven that gives life, not just for feeding the flesh, but is to satisfy the soul, forever. That is the reason that we celebrate His birth, and is what makes His birth so important to this very special day; because He was born The Bread of Life, from His very existence, which is always, He has satisfied those that eat of His flesh and drink of His blood. These that have eaten are referred to as the "meek", which are those that are needy, humble and afflicted in spirit; and because they are meek, they know that they are in need of The Manna from God: The Bread of Life. Looking at the message of His birth and His saying in John 6:32-33, as He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the True Bread from heaven. For the Bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world", it is plain to see that Jesus is that Bread of Life, and that it is He alone that gives life, because without Him there is no life, but only separation from God, which is the lifesource of our souls. Which is what the angels declared to those shepherds in the field, as they said, "Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:10-11). Jesus Christ was born Lord; and He was born Saviour of the world, and to all people; to all that are meek and in need of the True Breed from Heaven to give life to their souls and to satisfy their thirst and hunger for life eternal with God. And again, we see this verse brought to life as the shepherds leave their fields to go see this thing revealed to them by the angel; and after seeing Jesus, they proclaimed to all those present what they had been told by the angel; and then, as they returned to their fields, it says they did so "glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as was told unto them" (Luke 2:15-20). They that seek the Lord will praise Him, because they will have tasted and seen that He is "Good", which good is meant as 'that which satisfies all of our need'; yet, before you can know, you must partake of His flesh and drink of His blood, because that is the only way that our soul will receive satisfaction and shall know eternal life... "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life. I am that Bread of Life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the Bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the Living Bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live forever: and the Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I give for the life of the world." (John 6:47-51)  REMEMBER WHAT THIS DAY IS ALL ABOUT!!!