Daily Feasting on the Slain Lamb by Charles Spurgeon

Matthew 6, verse 11 Give us today our daily bread. While this applies to physical provision, it also reflects our need for continual spiritual sustenance. Just as our bodies need daily food, our souls need to feed on Jesus daily.

John 6, verse 48 I am the bread of life. The same Jesus who saved us must also sustain us. We need Him as much for our continual spiritual nourishment as we did for our initial salvation. Spurgeon rightly said, A living Jesus must be the food of a living Christian.

Just as the physical body will waste away without food, so will the soul wither without a continual feeding on Jesus. Yesterday's grace will not sustain us today. Yesterday's strength will not triumph in today's trial. We must feast afresh on Jesus, drawing from Him all that we need for living a holy life, pleasing to Him.

The true food of the believer is Jesus as the slain lamb. His sin-atoning sacrifice is not just the foundation of our forgiveness, but the daily food for our souls. This continual feasting on Jesus as the slain lamb is the secret of a healthy Christian life.

Many believers are weak and tossed about because they are malnourished. They snack on the spiritual junk food that is continually distributed by the shallow and lukewarm churches of our day. Neither can today's pseudo-Christian books provide any soul nourishment. They may nibble on Scripture, but they do not provide the true bread of life, Jesus himself.

Christian, do not neglect your daily bread. Feed on the slain lamb and your soul shall thrive.