While the Israelites were wandering in the desert of Sinai for forty years God gave them food from heaven each day (manna) so that the Israelites would learn to depend on Him for their daily physical sustenance. God also wants us to learn to depend on Him, not for His benefit, but ours. Christians today are to lean on God for our daily spiritual sustenance through the Holy Spirit, the Bible and prayer. God is all we need!
John 6:32 – Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread of heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:33 – For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
John 6:35 – I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
John 6:41 – I am the bread which came down from heaven.
John 6:48 – I am the bread of life.
The Bible uses bread as a metaphor for life; complete nourishment your body needs to remain healthy, but in a spiritual context. Remember what I said earlier about the Bible. If God repeats anything in His Word it’s important for us to know. The more God repeats a spiritual truth the more important it is. Five times within 16 verses of the book of John God tells us He is the bread of life which is all we need. That’s like God screaming at the top of His lungs and pointing His finger at something we should take note of.