Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

 Jesus' followers weren't sure how to pray and so they asked Jesus to teach them.  He gave them the words of the famous "Lord's Prayer" and today we want to think about the line that says, "Give us this day our daily bread."

 Jesus taught us to come to God and ask for our daily needs.  From the early pages of the Bible, and all the way through to the very end, we have teaching and examples of God providing what was needed.  We are told to simply ask, trusting His good heart towards us, and giving thanks for what we have already received. 

 We can't just rub our hands together though and think we can ask for anything at all.  God wants to provide what we need, but He’s also a loving father who’s not going to send us things that are harmful for us altogether or not helpful at this time in our development.  Only God knows how to sort all that out. 

We also need to be careful to check our motives when we are bringing our requests to God.  We live in a world of self-centered self-satisfying agendas and our own thinking is impacted.  Part of our new life in recovery is trusting God to reshape our thinking so we recognize what our true needs are.

 What we can hold securely is the fact that God is our Heavenly Father who is able and willing to care for us each day and provide for us as we walk with Him and trust Him for good gifts.  They may be different than what we asked for, but we can be assured that they will be exactly what we need.

Prayer:  Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.  Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.  For Your's is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  Amen

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