so the Tempter says to a Searching hungry man “why don’t you turn these stones into bread?”
and the incredible thing is the temptation isn’t the satisfaction of bread filling a hungry stomach. Ah, it’s much bigger than that…
hungry man has been thinking about people who are hungry. more than that, he has been feeling - experiencing a little taste of life on the other side of the bread-line.
hunger has a way of stripping a person.
and there are thoughts of relief - the precious, powerful, popular relief of real bread in the hands of the needy. A worthy project. what a position to slip into - the One who brings bread for the hungry.
We know the story: social worker turned Politician. and a land-slide Victory… and the rest is history
repeating itself.
because the only thing we learn from history
is that we don’t
(steve turner)
so i preach this bready sermon - practical, offering simple and hands-on advice for everyday living. Cut the heavy theology. Bring on the Hope. Happy time are here again. And everyone loves it. one person reckons it’s my “best yet”…
and i wonder. do i keep giving them the bread they want?
or do i try serve up the “living bread” - the one that gets broken…
it’s not the popular story. not regular history,
repeating itself.
a wicked twist: the hero gives himself up, and dies.
awkward.
no bread for the hungry.
failure.
but also peace… it’s like he thinks everything’s gonna be ok…