Bread has been a staple food from the beginning of time and remains the same today.
Biblically manna is a fine flake like bread substance in Exodus that kept the escaping Israelites nourished as they journeyed home from Egypt.
Jesus feeds the 5000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes and bread is symbolic as the broken body of Christ shared with the disciples 2000 years ago and remains today… for us of faith. Jesus, the bread of life.
However in 21st century Britain bread is synonymous with sandwiches. Thanks to the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who apparently requested meat tucked between two slices of bread.
Without bread it isn’t a sandwich. Bread is simply what holds the filling together. Bread is almost the Alpha & Omega – the beginning and the end. It starts and ends the sandwich and holds everything in between together.
God will always be our Alpha & Omega but the in between part is up to us.
God has created mankind and will come again at the end of time. Genesis to Revelation…
We are and can create the filling. God wants us to be interesting and come up with unique and individual fillings that satisfy Him and us as the different people He created. Fillings should be interesting and creatively demonstrate a little of who we are.
One of the best sandwich creators was the cartoon character Scooby Doo with his multi decker multi filled sandwiches. I’m not sure I have ever stretched myself to a Scooby Doo style sandwich but I have created unusual combinations. Beetroot, Peanut butter and cucumber, cheddar cheese and marmalade or salami, mango chutney & brie to name just a few.
So if we know that God is the beginning and the end, His commandment to us is to ensure we experiment and fulfil the filling plans He has for us. Let’s not simply settle for butter. The middle or filling is what God has given us to experiment with, to discover ourselves in His plan and to pack in everything within the precious life He has blessed us with.
I’m certainly not content with butter alone.
I know that God wants me to experiment with my fillings. Some things just don’t work, I might get it wrong and need to throw it away and start again. But if I know what I like, if I know what God wants me to enjoy, then the filling can be amazing.
It can and should be something to delight in, to smile about to want more of and to continually enjoy.
So what would your Scooby Doo sandwich be today? And what filling does God want for your life? And how will you ensure you put the best choice of filling between Alpha & Omega?
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