Maine’s beautiful Aroostook County’s rolling farm land grows many crops including hay, alfalfa, potatoes and wheat. One wonders how many slices of Wonder Bread Aroostook’s wheat fields might produce!
Bread, whether Wonder Bread, sourdough, whole grain, unleavened, or gluten free, is a worldwide food staple. But when Jesus was challenged with temptation, he pointed out that, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). He knew every man’s spirit needs more than physical nourshiment.
Although we may be encouraged and inspired by the works, words, musings, songs, and poems of others, God’s Word lays singular claim to to be divinely inspired, alive, powerfully active, discerning, and redemptive. Enduring, eternal, and unchanging, it is a moral light and a spiritual guide directing us to healthy living and wholeness of soul.
His words lead us to truth and bring His very powerful presence into our lives. The Psalmist repeatedly expressed his confidence in God’s Word even in the darkest of circumstances because it ushered him into redemption, freedom, comfort, peace, and joy.
Most importantly, Jesus claimed to do the works and speak the words his Father gave him. He said he was the “bread of life.” So as we take him into our lives, he becomes the wonder bread which changes and sustains our spiritual lives into what God meant them to be.
Sweet Words from Maine 