Monday of Easter – April 13, 2020 – John 6:38-40
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Lord, when Your glory I shall see
And taste Your kingdom’s pleasure,
Your blood my royal robe shall be,
My joy beyond all measure!
When I appear before Your throne,
Your righteousness shall be my crown;
With these I need not hide me.
And there, in garments richly wrought,
As Your own bride shall we be brought
To stand in joy beside You. [2]
What are you hungry for? Jesus answers that question as He speaks to us this day. Are you hungry? “Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.” V. 26
Some are hungry only for food that fills. In the case of the people in our verse for today it was the loaves and fish. They ate and were satisfied. Yet only for a season. This food will not satisfy – only Jesus can provide us with what we truly need. He gives us both physical and spiritual sustenance. True, we may sow the wheat, which makes the bread, but it is God who makes it grow and increase. Without Him we can do nothing. Without Him we have nothing. Yet with Him we have all we will ever need.
We rejoice in thee, O Lord everlasting, with gladness and exultation, beseeching Thee, that while the gates of our hearts are thrown open in Thy praise, they may also be flung wide to receive Thy mercy and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen. [3]
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1. Image: The New Jerusalem , Schnorr von Carolsfeld woodcuts © WELS for personal and congregational use
2. A Lamb Gods Uncomplaining Forth © 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100013721.
3. An Easter Collect © 2005 Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
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