I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on John 6-7

When John wrote that Jesus said “I am the bread of life,” he was returning to the theme he touched upon when Jesus told His disciples that He had food which they did not know about after talking to the Samaritan woman at the well.  Jesus taught, and John sought to emphasize, that focusing on doing God’s will should come before focusing on our material desires.  We need to consume Jesus’ body and blood the way in which He consumed doing the Father’s work.  In a way, John is foreshadowing the saying, “You are what you eat.”  We need to make Jesus’ teachings and actions our sustenance as if we were consuming His body and blood.  We need to allow His Spirit to transform us into Him.