Food For Hungry Souls

And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all. So they all ate and were filled.

Mark 6:41,42

As we continue our consideration of this notable miracle, we come to the crux of it in the verses which serve as our text. Christ meets our most basic needs. In the passage before us, He saw that they were ignorant, and He taught them. He saw that they were weary and He gave them rest. He saw that they were scattered, and He organized them. Here at the last, He saw that they were hungry, and He fed them. So also, Christ ever feeds us. Not only does He provide for us, food and raiment, in the physical sense, but in more spiritual terms, He provides for us, a feast of fat things, by enabling us to feed upon Himself, the Bread of Life. Souls saved by Free and Sovereign Grace want one thing. They want more of Christ. This is why it is incumbent upon those of us who prepare daily and weekly ‘meals’ to make much of Christ. Otherwise, we are substituting sawdust for Bread. Christ fed the 5,000 with the five loaves and two fish. Christ feeds us with Himself. As we daily make use of the means of grace; reading the word of God, praying, hearing it preached, meditating upon it, our cry is, ‘more of Christ.’ Christ will not let that hunger go unsatisfied. He, the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd will prepare a table before me. Christ satisfies this most basic need of His hungering people by ever showing us more of His Own Great Self. This is a never-ending satisfaction, ‘And they did all eat, and were filled.’

O, Great Shepherd of the sheep, we rejoice in You,
in Your abundant daily provision, that satisfies our souls.
Evermore feed us with that fresh Bread from the ovens of Heaven.
Satisfy us with Yourself, and we shall be satisfied indeed.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning