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Give us each day our daily bread. Luke 11:3
D.L. MOODY
If God could set a table for His people in the wilderness, and feed three million Israelites for forty years, can He not give us our daily bread? I do not mean only the bread that perisheth, but also the Bread that cometh from above. If He feeds the birds of the air, surely He will feed His children made in His own image! If He numbers the very hairs of our head, He will take care to supply all our temporal wants.
ERWIN LUTZER
Jesus gave us three reasons why we should not worry. First, He says we should not worry because of who we are. “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matthew 6:26). If He takes care of the birds, will He not take care of us? Don’t miss Jesus’ point: When we worry, we diminish our value!
Second, we should not worry because it’s useless; it cannot add to our stature. Worry is like putting on the brakes and stepping on the gas simultaneously. It would be worth it if it added to the length of our life, but in fact, it might diminish it.
Third, we should not worry because of our testimony. When we worry, we act like the pagans who don’t know the Heavenly Father. Two people get cancer, one is a Christian, the other is not. How tragic if the Christian accepts it no better than the pagan!
Yes, we need to look daily to the Lord to receive what He has promised.
PRAYER
Father, I know you love me and desire what is best for me. Help me to not carry tomorrow’s burdens today; tomorrow will take care of itself. Thank you for caring for me.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How does God's faithful provision in the past encourage you to trust Him for today's needs?
Why do you think this sentence is a part of the Lord’s prayer?