The Bread Of Life Makes Your Enemies Bread

"Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not." (Number 14: 9)

Why do we not fear our enemies?

Because the LORD is with us. He will make them bread for us, or rather, we will find ourselves able to feed on rather than feel from our enemies

Today, how do we know that He is with us?

Because He gave us His Son, the Bread of Life:

"31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 31-32)

Jesus explains this overcoming life in reference to Himself as the Bread of Life:

"32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread." (John 6: 32-34)

Jesus then reveals who He is:

"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." (John 6: 35)

Yet even though Jesus was talking about bread, then referring to himself, he was not talking about physical needs.

 

The greatest miracle which Jesus has done for us is shedding His blood and granting us His life and standing before God the Father.speaks of man's greatest hunger:

If this seems strange to you, consider also this passage:


"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." (Matthew 5: 6)

When we receive Jesus as our righteousness (1 Corinthians 1: 30) and keep receiving His righteousness in our lives (Romans 5: 17), then we reign in life.

 king about physical hunger as the primary need of man:

"26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed." (John 6: 26-27)

This righteousness grants us overcoming power against all enemies:

"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD." (Romans 54: 17)

Then

"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." (Romans 8: 37).

When we understand that Jesus is our life (Colossians 3: 4), the Bread of Life who comes down from heaven, then we have no problem believing Him for all other promises in our lives, including power over our enemies and trying situations, for His grace is sufficient for us (2 Corinthians 12: 9-10)