Day 25 – May 31, 2012
Give us this day our daily bread.
What’s strange about this petition is that I have never prayed it. I mean, I have prayed for a lot of things, but I have never prayed for bread. I live in western civilization. My life is too complicated to pray for just bread. In fact, if I were to go back through my prayer journals I doubt that that any food would show up.
I have always thought of “Bread” as a metaphor for needs. That means health and healing, safety for our loved ones, jobs for those out of work, and a whole list of other things. But bread? Hmmm.
I wonder if in this petition God is molding us to be more simple in life. Maybe a prayer for bread is a prayer for simplicity. Maybe God wants us to trust on Him so much that all we really need every day is His manna.
Blessings,
Pastor David
