Daily Bread
"Give us this day our daily bread." —Matthew 6:11, KJV
Our Bishop has been teaching a year-long series on prayer, titled The House of Prayer. Throughout this study, all sorts of random questions would stir in my spirit. At first, I wondered, Why are these questions coming to mind? But then the Holy Spirit gently whispered, "When I prompt you with a question, it’s an invitation to engage in deeper conversation with God." He was opening doors to richer dialogue and drawing me into greater intimacy with Him.
During one of the sessions, as one of our pastors was teaching on the phrase, "Give us this day our daily bread," I found myself wondering, Why do we have to pray this every day? If we are already spiritually nourished and consistently studying God’s Word, why is there a need to continually ask for daily bread?
The Holy Spirit wasted no time in answering. He responded through a series of His own questions:
How do you know your daily need?
How do you know what is going to happen in your day?
Do you know My plan?
Did you write out the timeline of your life?
Did you establish the day you are entering?
How do you know what you will need?
In that moment, God began to show me a vivid picture of how deeply dependent we are meant to be on Him. Yes, He’s given us wisdom and knowledge—but they are not meant to be operated apart from Him. We often think we’re capable of managing on our own, but the truth is we know so little. Obedience, therefore, is essential.
Yeshua (Jesus) was teaching His disciples how to pray to the Father. He had known His Father longer than anyone else ever could, so He knew exactly how we ought to approach God. Many of us may be delaying the manifestation of what we’ve prayed for—simply because we fail to obey and ask for our daily bread.
God knows everything that will happen in our lives. Remember when He told Abraham that his descendants would be enslaved for 400 years, but that they would be delivered? He also told Abraham the specific time when Sarah would conceive and give birth. If God knows the exact date and time of everything in our lives, why wouldn’t we ask Him daily for what we need?
We must not assume we know what our day will hold. Instead, we are to seek God each day and humbly ask Him to provide what we truly need.
Key Takeaways:
Assumption can cause you to miss your blessing.
God has a purpose for everything He instructs us to do.
Obedience is imperative.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19; Isaiah 55:11
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