John 6:53-58 (NIVUK)
53 Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 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. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven.
Today is Valentine’s Day, a day for lovers to declare their devotion to each other. This makes today’s passage a perfect fit, for in it Jesus reveals his perfect devotion to his Father, and his love of us. In both, he expresses his dependence on and love of the Father, and his giving of himself for us – the greatest act of love – and calls us to respond with our own expressions of love of him.
Jesus, thank you that you have given yourself entirely for us. Help me to give my life to you in return.
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