Series Five: Give Us Daily Bread

Matthew 6:11 "Give us this day our daily bread."

When you pray, you are asking God to meet your need for this day. It is a good reminder that God our Father is our main Source of all things. All through the Bible's stories, it tells of how God comes to His people when they need Him.

One I can think of during the 40 years of wilderness, the dry desert where you cannot raise any food from the sand nor find much water for just two millions people. So God became their daily provider with manna except on the Lord's Day, a day of rest from their labor. The water came out of the rock by miracles. Another place bitter water became sweet by cutting down the tree that fell upon the bitter water. (This is a type (picture) of Christ's tree on the cross comes into person's bitter life, and his life becomes sweet.

In the wilderness, during the day it is very hot and during the night it is very cold. They were living in the tents. So during the day God revealed Himself as a pillar of cloud over the Tabernacle and the clouds spread out and covered the people from the sun to keep them cool. The covering clouds became their "air condition." During the night, God revealed Himself as a pillar of fire and it spreads out the heat and kept them warm all through the night. God's pillar of fire became their "heater."

Awesome? He met their daily need. Also their clothes did not wear out for forty years and no one was sick during those forty years. It went on every day for forty years. God was their Source, their suppliers, and everything they need. What does that show you? Your heavenly Father cares. He knows your need before you ask Him.

So let us trust God today!

Dorothy

The Lord's Prayer:
Our Father which are in heaven. Holy be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts (sins), as we forgive our debtors (those who sin against us). And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Song: He Is All I Need
He is all I need, He is all I need.
Jesus is all I need.
He is all I need, He is all I need
Jesus is all I need.
(Author: unknown)