4月24日
标 题： 属灵的粮食
经 节： 耶稣说：“我就是生命的粮。到我这里来的，必定不饿；信我的，永远不渴。”（约翰福音六章35节）
我们知道如何以粮食满足自己的肉体。肚子饿了，我们就去吃。你是否也是如此对待你的灵性？耶稣说，如果相信祂，我们永远不会有灵性的饥饿与营养不良，因为祂说自己是“生命之粮”。每当有灵性的需要，我们就单纯地来到耶稣面前，让祂满足我们。
我们的问题是有时以自己的经验解释圣经。我们说：“是的，我们曾经灵性饥渴过。”如果真是如此，不是神没告诉我们真理，就是我们误解自己的经验。我们是否可能以人为的办法，来满足灵性的饥渴？我们是否太倚靠朋友与他人的经验，却从未学习来到耶稣面前，让祂供应属灵食物？我们是否多年前曾享用属灵丰盛的筵席，以为饱尝了基督就不需再吃？我们愈来愈瘦、愈来愈饿，因为我们还靠着多年前朝见神时的供应。灵性若有缺乏，不是因为神没有为你预备丰盛的资源，乃是因为你没有以信心回应神的邀请（约翰福音十：10）。
当神在旷野赐下吗哪时，以色列儿女需要每天出去拾取神每日的供应。耶稣教导祂的门徒如此祷告：“我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们。”属灵的营养需要你日日追求，你今天是否已经查找属灵的粮食呢？
Spiritual Bread
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me
shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” (John
6:35)
We know how to use physical bread. Whenever we are hungry we simply go
and eat. Do we do that spiritually? Jesus said if we believe in Him, we will
never be spiritually hungry, or malnourished, for He is the “bread of life.”
Every time we face a spiritual need, it is a simple matter of going to Christ
and allowing Him to provide us with what we need.
Our problem is that sometimes we interpret Scripture based on our own
experience. We say, “Yes, but I remember a time when I was spiritually hungry.”
If that is true, then either God did not tell the truth, or we misinterpreted
our experience. Could it be that we tried to satisfy our spiritual hunger with
human resources? Could it be that we relied so heavily upon friends and the
experiences of others that we have never learned how to go to Christ for our
own spiritual food? Could it be that we had a great spiritual feast several
years ago, and we were so “full” of Christ that we thought we would never have
to eat again? We grew lean and hungry because we were still operating on an
encounter with God we had years ago. If you are lacking something spiritually,
it is not because God does not have an abundance of resources prepared and
available for you. It is that you have not come to Him in faith as He invites
(John 10:10).
When God gave manna in the wilderness, the children of Israel had to go
out each day to receive God’s daily provision. Jesus taught His disciples to
pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” Spiritual nourishment is something
you must seek daily. Have you found spiritual food from Christ today?
