Our Hunger

The crowd presses Jesus for another sign. They want more bread. Jesus points past the miracle to its meaning. When he references Moses and the manna in the wilderness, he corrects a long-held assumption: Moses did not provide the bread. God did (John 6:32). The manna was never just a meal. It was a daily invitation to trust God as the one true source of sustenance. Generation after generation, the Israelites missed the point. They ate the bread but missed the provision for their greatest hunger—God himself...