Bread of life

“Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty.’” John 6:35
The first of the ‘I am’ statements of Jesus is that He is the bread of life. This is in contrast to the bread that He fed to the 5,000 by miraculous means (John 6:27), and also in contrast to the manna, the bread from heaven, that the Israelites ate while they were in the wilderness (John 6:49-50). In both cases, the people ate physical bread that satisfied them for a time, but later they became hungry again and needed more. However, Jesus is the spiritual bread, and once we have partaken of Him, we will never be spiritually hungry again.
Jesus provides all our spiritual needs. Our need of forgiveness, acceptance, of finding our purpose in life. He is Jehovah Jireh, God the provider. All that we need to do is come to Him, and believe in Him. When it comes to food, someone may give us some, but unless we put it in our mouth and eat it, we will still be hungry. Similarly with Jesus: we might know about Him, but unless we partake and join ourselves to Him, that spiritual hunger will still be there.
In John 6:51, Jesus says, “This bread is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” It is placing our faith in the finished work of the cross, that is referred to here.