Trying to live on bread alone...

Mark 4: 4 - But He [Messiah] answered, "The Tanakh says, `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of ADONAI'"

The specific verse to which The Messiah refers in the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures or also known as the Old Testament) is found here: Deut 8:3 " He humbled you, allowing you to become hungry, and then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had ever known, to make you understand that a person does not live on food alone, but on everything that comes from the mouth of ADONAI.

So often we think that we can provide for ourselves something that will be 'all that we need'. All I need is an iPad; All I need is a better job; All I need is more money.... the list goes on and on. When we look at the refering Scripture for why Messiah said what He did, it's obvious that often our 'need' has been orchestrated on purpose. It is caused to bring about a better understanding of exactly Who it is that fulfills our needs.


Today, Father, let me delight in the areas I feel 'needy' and not try to fill up on 'bread' alone, but on the Bread of Life that You supply.