Real Food and Real Drink

John Chapter 6  

Jesus said, "My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I live in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me."

I often wondered exactly what Jesus was referring to, when he said this. But then, a few verses later, he explains:

"The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life."

So real life is spiritual, not physical. If I just try to nourish my body without nourishing my spirit, it would be like trying to be happy without ordering my life according to righteousness. Just like doing the right thing and making wise choices will bring happiness as a result; so feeding on Christ's body and blood, His words, which are spiritual, will nourish the real life I have in Christ, which will also spill over into the physical. Good physical health is a result of good spiritual, mental and emotional health, nourished by God's Word.

Good spiritual health is when I think God's thoughts, I desire what God wants, I love what God loves, I understand according to God's ways; then the by-product will be good physical health, also.