In yesterday's post, Jesus was presented as the Bread of Life (John 6: 51).
He grants us life by giving us Himself, and with Him, through His Holy Spirit, we receive His infinite Kingdom:
"For the kingdom of
God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost." (Romans 14: 17)
Jesus is our righteousness:
"For he hath
made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5: 21)
Jesus is our peace:
"For he is our
peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition
between us;" (Ephesians 2: 14)
Jesus is our joy:
"Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but
rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." (Luke 10: 20)
The first element of the Kingdom of Heaven, righteousness, is a gift which we are called to receive actively:
"For if by one man's
offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace
and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5: 17)
This gift we receive throughout our day, we take in as we claim that we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5: 21)
Because His Word is also our bread (Matthew 4: 4), every time that we meditate on God' Word, taking in His promises wherever we are, we can feed on Him, the Living Word (John 1: 1).
Because we are righteous in Christ, because His Kingdom reigns evermore in us to the degree that we feed on His Word, we can therefore feed on the forever Manna of Jesus Christ right now and throughout the day, not just daily!
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