September 27, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today | Tuesday Daily Devotions Reading
September 27, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today
TOPIC: Whenever You Eat This Bread
SCRIPTURE READING: 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-34
He broke [the bread] and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” — 1 Corinthians 11:24
September 27, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional MESSAGE
In the Lord’s Supper (communion) bread symbolizes nourishment and sustenance in faith, but it also symbolizes the death of Jesus that saves us from destruction. It’s like water and wine. These symbols are like a double-edged sword: water can sustain life, but it can also create deadly floods. Wine can gladden the heart, but it can also destroy people’s lives.
Some stories about bread in the Old Testament include this element as well: manna that was greedily kept until the next day became rotten and unsafe to eat (Exodus 16:20); a soldier’s dream showed a loaf of bread destroying the Midianite camp (Judges 7:13); and the odd bread that Ezekiel had to eat warned the people of an impending siege (Ezekiel 4:16). And here, in 1 Corinthians, the Lord’s Supper reminds us and warns of judgment and how Jesus came to save us from certain destruction.
There is an element of being completely open with God and each other when we come to the Lord’s table, especially because we gather to eat together. None of us really wants our life to be scrutinized, but at God’s table, there is always mercy. Mercy is greater than judgment; provision is greater than scarcity; life is greater than death; “perfect love drives out fear” (1 John 4:18). And God’s presence with us through the bread of Christ is greater than anything we could ever ask or imagine.
September 27, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional PRAYER
Thank you, Jesus, for your death, which gives us eternal life. Amen.
Today Devotional written by Julia Prins Vanderveen; works and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, Trevor, and their three sons. Julia has served as a copastor with Trevor at a church in Vancouver. She is a campus pastor and a humanities teacher at the Vancouver Christian School. September 27, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today