27:35 And when he had
said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them
all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. 36 Then they were all
encouraged, and also took food themselves. 37 And in all we were two hundred
and seventy-six persons on the ship. 38 So when they had eaten enough, they
lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.
Yesterday we discovered that Paul breaking bread before them
all was symbolic of Jesus, the bread of life who gave Himself as a ransom for
the whole world. Every man took part, all 276 of them. Each ate and was filled
at end when they were full the rest was thrown into the sea. Odd right?
Here's what I see. For fourteen days they ate nothing. For
fourteen days they were saving what little food was left for when they
absolutely needed it. Then Paul announced it was time to eat. He took what
little food was left and like Jesus with the little boy's lunch he broke the
bread and passed it out. Every man ate until he was full and there was still so
much left they felt the need to toss it overboard to lighten the ship so they
could get as close to shore as possible.
Jesus. He is enough. He died once for all. Never will we run
short. Never will Jesus say "Sorry I have no room for you." Best of
all? When we are filled with Him we have no need of more. Everything else can
be tossed overboard. Only He truly satisfies.
All those men needed to do was take the Bread of life, hold
onto His promise and the rest was in His hands. We'll find out tomorrow what
happened next as the rest of their food floated away...
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