Give Us This Day
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread
In light of Gods nature as our heavenly Father who cannot be related to our earthly fathers who fail us but is always faithful, and greatly cares for the needs of His creation, it brings into the proper light the petition of help in our temporal needs.
God is the one that has caused our bellies to hunger our hearts to beat and as he is the provider of all good things we should be a people to come to our Father with our needs.
The closer we get to our Father, great shepherd, we have a greater desire that His name be glorified, that His kingdom to come, and His will to be done. For we know that He knows all things and works all things according to the counsel of His will.
We know have a change in shift that brings us out of the business of this world, the pressure to keep up with the jones, the lusts and passions that lure us on every corner, a culture never at rest and blown to a fro, that dwels in a fog of confusion and become elevated to see the Eternal God, with His Eternal plan who has never changed, is steadfast, and unmovable, who is mighty with power, wise with counsel, a light that peirces through the facade to reveal the truth to find ourselves proclaiming hallowed be your name, our hearts desiring to live for the KING and His Kingdom, and His will not ours to be done for now i clearly see. It is in this clear light that we come forth to bring our temporal needs before the throne of God who is actively working to meet our needs. IT is coming before our loving and Father to ask for what He alone can give.
Through this lense of the one who rightly understands this, does not pray to please men but the one to whom we cry.
God cares about our temporal needs necessary for life.
The problem comes when we begin to define what necessary for life entails.
This is a cry for the both the rich and the poor. The poor have special interest in this prayer and the rich stand in need of it
Revelation describes the church of Laodicea as proclaiming to be rich but in all actuality wretched, poor, miserable, blind, and naked.
In both states with the proper understanding we should be a people who know how weak we are apart from the Father.
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The clearest illustration we have of this truth and i have no doubt that even Christ alluded to this in His prayer is the children in the wilderness.
we find God coming to moses after the people complaining and saying that i have heard the complaints of the people and i am going to feed them.
This was not a complaint against moses but God.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.
“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”
So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground. So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.
Exodus 16:12-14
And Moses said, “Let no one leave any of it till morning.” Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.
And Moses said, “Let no one leave any of it till morning.” Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
Exodus 16:19-
And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 16:
So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
Exodus 16
Exodus 16:24-2
Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?
Exodus 16:
God as provider, a heart of obedience and contentment for what God has provided, and an attitude that is thankful for the miracualous provision that God had provided.
God is our provider. The children in the wilderness were ever aware of their need for Gods provision for only He could provide in such circumstances. This was at the root of their complaining for they knew apart from a miracle they were going to perish for there was no food around. A miracle was just what they got.
Though we may not be wandering in a desert we are dire need of the provisional support of our Father who is in heaven. Apart from Him we have no food.
A Heart of Dependence
we do not trust in the provision but in the provider.
Its when we trust in the provision that we become hoarders or lazy.
A Heart of Dependence
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
If there is one cry from the mouth of a father it should be the one that acknowledges God has his faithful provider.
“Give Us”
We must ask them WITH HUMILITY AND SUBMISSION to the will of God. 1. Not for ostentation and riot, that we may live at large and at ease, but that Thy name may be glorified, and that we may be supported in service. 2. We must not come and challenge it, as if it were our due. 3. We must not use the plea of merit, but of mercy.
With this cry of Humility and willing submission we plea for mercy not because it is owed to us but because He is the only one who can provide for us and desires to meet our needs. He is constantly and actively working on our behalf.
Apart from God I have nothing.
This at times is easy when we are broke, in search of a job. But when He brings us work, and maybe beyond even our needs that we begin to take his blessing and waste it upon our own desires and proclaiming with our heart thanks God but i no longer need you.
How quick this attitude comes upon us.
We also see in the cry of give us this day, is Gods gracious provision, with the call to go and gather.
There are great principles within the bible that God lays out for us for the man to His household that
Because of our provider and His faithfulness we have no need to worry. Does not drive us to laziness but greater diligence.
Do not worry about tomorrow.
Look at my faithfulness to my creation and how i provide. Though this lens we know that if God does that then certainly He will provide for us.
Because of our provider and His faithfulness we have no need to worry. Does not drive us to laziness but greater diligence.
Do not worry about tomorrow.
Look at my faithfulness to my creation and how i provide. Though this lens we know that if God does that then certainly He will provide for us.
So if God is the provider and will faithfully care for us then there is a 2 natural out pourings that should spring from this provision.
Contentment for what has been provided and obedience to His commands.
This is because apart from these two we will neglect to properly acknowledge God as provider.
“Give us This day our daily bread”
We must esteem (1) God’s providence our surest estate; (2) God’s bounty our best treasure; and (3) God’s Fatherly care our most certain and most comfortable support. V. We learn to ask only for so much as shall be fit to maintain us, not for (1) rich or plentiful store; not for (2) full barns nor (3) heaps of treasures, wherewith to pamper ourselves; but for (4) daily bread, a moderate provision then to be dealt to us when we need it. (Isaac Barrow, D.D.)
In the wilderness God gave strict commands for how they were to gather.
Six days you shall gather but the seventh you shall rest.
In the six days take only what you need for today. do not keep some overnight.
Nevertheless some did. And when they arose they had worms and it stank.
They refused to obey God.
They were trusting in the provision rather than the provider.
When you trust in the provision that is when you say i have to gather all that i can for i do not know when it will come again. You become a hoarder.
Not trusting in God who provides but rather it the immediate here and now before our face.
In response what they were clinging to later found itself out by stinking and being filled with worms.
Gods faithfulness to reveal the unworthiness of trusting in the provision.
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
1 timothy
Riches are uncertain not worthy of trust.
notice where he tells the rich to trust in. The living God.
This is a cry for the both the rich and the poor. The poor have special interest in this prayer and the rich stand in need of it
Revelation describes the church of Laodicea as proclaiming to be rich but in all actuality wretched, poor, miserable, blind, and naked.
The problem with abundance is we begin to trust in the provision and thinking we no longer have need of God because our pots are full and we have plenty to get us through. Rather we are blind.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:7-10
Many of our lives stink and are full of worms for this very reason. We have grown callous to the reality of our need for God daily, and now the bottom has fallen out the manna has got worms the stench is horendous because we have disobeyed the clear commands of God.
Do you notice the faithfulness to Gods laws you will reap what you sow.
The rest of the manna melted in the sun but that which was hidden was preserved that they may see the end of their hoarding.
Sow wisely
Then their is another side to Gods command that on the sixth day we are to gather double.
Now we see the other side of man to where He becomes so use to the provision of God he takes it for granted and grows lazy.
For there were those once again that didnt heed the clear command of God and when they arose on the seventh day they said…Ah i think i will go out and get me some manna.
What? where is the food?
It made God angry of the stubborness of the people.
Did God send food?
He sure did. on Monday.
I bet they gathered double on the next saturday.
Some of our lives have grown out of the blessing and provision of God because we refuse to go and gather. We take for granted that the provision will always be their and therefore by that reasoning we do not go and gather as God has commanded us.
It is in this prayer that we understand that God is not a governmental program that allows to stay at home and veg all the time without any work.
Gods program says if a man doesn’t work neither should He eat.
For the man that is capable through his lack of food, he will get hungry enough to go in search of a means to provide.
We trust in God to provide for our daily needs and many times it is through our jobs, but let us not trust in our paycheck next week for it may not be there. Let us trust in God who is our faithful provider.
For if i am fired today i know i will eat tomorrow.
Why? Because my job does not meet my needs but my father in heaven does. will diligently seek Him and His word, rest in His promises and Know that He will provide.
In trusting in His provision I GO to gather what he has provided.
In This Paul says i know how to be abased and how to abound economically. In what ever state i will find myself i will be content.
Since God is actively working on our behalf intimately involved in His sheeps lives to meet their provisional needs it should spring forth from our hearts an attitude of praise.
Attitude of Praise
This will manifest itself in three ways.
The praise of our lips
The desire to give back to the one who has provided
If this right here is not the attitude of our money than you are not properly acknowledging God as your provider.
You are trusting in the provision.
You say you love God with your lips but your works are telling otherwise.
Are you a cheerful giver?
A desire to share what God has supplied.
“our daily bread”
Those within our households and who have need.
We do not receive with close fists but good stewards with open hands.
To be satisfied in what was provided no matter how big or small.
How often do we grow discontent in what our Father has provided. Whether it be our food, our houses, our clothing, and in relation to all our temporal desires.
Obedience to His commands. For this was a test to see if the children would obey and trust in him.
we do not trust in the provision but in the provider.
Its when we trust in the provision that we become hoarders or lazy.
We must esteem (1) God’s providence our surest estate; (2) God’s bounty our best treasure; and (3) God’s Fatherly care our most certain and most comfortable support. V. We learn to ask only for so much as shall be fit to maintain us, not for (1) rich or plentiful store; not for (2) full barns nor (3) heaps of treasures, wherewith to pamper ourselves; but for (4) daily bread, a moderate provision then to be dealt to us when we need it. (Isaac Barrow, D.D.)
We must ask them WITH HUMILITY AND SUBMISSION to the will of God. 1. Not for ostentation and riot, that we may live at large and at ease, but that Thy name may be glorified, and that we may be supported in service. 2. We must not come and challenge it, as if it were our due. 3. We must not use the plea of merit, but of mercy.
The fourth petition:—I. We put the emphasis on “DAILY BREAD.” 1. Bread means that which is needful to support the life of the body. 2. That which is needful to support all our life in this world. 3. Is prayer that we may have enough. II. We would now separate the phrase “GIVE US” that we may think over its special meaning. 1. It implies acknowledgment of dependence. 2. We know that giving is His delight. 3. We mean, give this, for thou art our Father. 4. We mean, through a blessing on our own right use of means. 5. When common means are not within our power, by means of Thine own. III. Place the emphasis on “OUR.” We do not ask for the bread belonging to others. IV. We next dwell on “THIS DAY.”
Close.
Mattheew 6:25-34
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Attitude of Praise
Lets us be diligent to be about the Kings orders, trusting in Him who provides.