Our Daily Bread
(ESV) Matt 6:34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
(ESV) Matt 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread,
Lately, I have been impressed by the need to communicate with God daily. The Lord’s Prayer shows us to ask for sustenance daily. When the Israelites wandered in the desert they learned if they tried to store the manna God provided, even overnight, it would ruin. They didn’t really trust God. They thought they could do it better.
It is not that this is the first time I have understood that God wants us to have a consistent relationship with Him. Nor am I one of those people who says, “Thank you, Jesus,” at the end of every sentence. I have spent time with God daily for a good part of my life. I begin early in the morning, and it us not unusual for me to pause during the day just to check in.
So why would God remind me of something I am already practicing? Could it be that on this faith journey it is so easy to lose sight of what is important that God wants to remind us? If we remove our eyes from the One who calmed the wind and the waves, even for a moment, then we can lose our way.
May we place our faith, and our trust, every day on the very bread of life.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Holy Spirit. Amen.
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