All living things need food, water and oxygen to survive, reproduce, maintain their bodies and growth.
But life is so much more than just mere survival. Life is more than just reproduction. Life is more than taco’s, yes, you heard me say it here, “life is more than taco’s.”
We have been given the “gift of life,” WHAT are we going to do with that “life?” What is “OUR PURPOSE?”
What are the most important “THINGS” in your life, from your point of view?
Is it perhaps health? Family? Others? Work? The roof over your head? Food on the table? A bed to sleep in?
We all “move through life” differently.
What is “important” for me, isn’t necessarily “important for you.” I get that! We are all different.
Some prefer to do as little as possible, others live at full speed. The vast majority of us—live somewhere in between.
What all of us have in common though, is that “we all spend our time on “SOME THING.”
Have you ever thought about your “some” – “thing’s”…and why they are important for you?
What are the 3 things you spend most of your time on?
Is it family? Is it yourself? Is it work? Is it on the needs of others? Is it your own personal health and well-being? Is it your home? Is it your education? Is it your children? Your pets? Your stuff? Your parents? Your siblings? Your vehicle? Your hobby? What is it?
What are the MAIN REASONS why you spend “your time” in this way?
A lot of people will tell you, we don’t necessarily know “WHERE” we are going, but we pray that we are headed in the right direction…and that we are doing- the-right-kind-of-things.
Ask yourself the following questions to see if you too find some “TRUTH” in all of this:
Do you know what you “need” in life and if yes, what do you “need?” We are talking “needs” here – not “wants!”
Do you sometimes feel “you don’t have enough time” to do what you really “need” to be doing?
Do you sometimes do things “not because you “need to do them” but because of “others’ expectations” or to “fit in?”
Have you ever gone through “a mid-life crisis” or know someone who has?
Have you ever continued “a relationship with someone” even though it wasn’t good for you? And you knew it?
Have you ever spent “lots of time working, exercising, or doing something else” that you later realized wasn’t all that important, if you were to die tomorrow?
We can’t always know what’s right for us. Try as we might.
But always remember; moving doesn’t mean we’re going in the “right direction.”
Even though we can never quite know for sure what the “right direction is,” it’s helpful to spend time thinking about our direction, trying to understand ourselves and what we truly “need” out of this life of ours.
Isn’t it true that most of just want to be happy? Or we want our children to be happy? Or we want them to grow up as happy and well-adjusted independent adults? We want to be good people. People of moral integrity. We want to be kind. Caring. Loving. Forgiving.
Well to people in his day and time, Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven.”
Bread was considered to be a necessary daily staple for life! It was important. It was a need. “Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
That just seemingly came out of nowhere. Weren’t we just talking about what is “necessary for life?”
And, if I heard him correctly (and, I think I did) – he just said that HE is necessary for life and living!
He is adding another whole new dimension to what we think we “need” for this life…
He is talking about “spiritual sustenance” and a “spiritual dimension.” He is talking about God in our daily lives.
He boldly says, “The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Is it true? We need to take care of our spirits? Is it true, we need to take care of our spiritual lives, as well? Is he talking about all of eternity? Is he talking about life with God forever?