And they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets (Matthew 14:20, NASB).
What does it take to be satisfied? A good meal, a safe home, the right person, money, or a good job? Will any of these truly satisfy?
Jesus fed more than 5,000 with a few loaves and fishes after teaching them all day. Their hunger was satisfied for that moment. He saw their need and provided for them for that moment, yet their hunger would return the next day.
Yet what they received that day in Jesus’ teaching would last forever if they received it and were satisfied with it. There is a different kind of hunger deep inside us that longs for the peace of Christ. That hunger can still be satisfied today with Jesus. Eat of the bread of life and drink of his living water and let His peace satisfy you.
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. – John 6:35, NIV
