"Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread": Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 50
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Ano ang kinalaman ng fourth petition sa naunang tatlo?
Even asking for our needs must have a God-centered perspective. It must flow from a desire to see the holiness of God, the kingdom of God, and the will of God being manifested in all the earth. Ang paghingi ng “pang-araw-araw na tinapay” ay hindi magiging makasarili at ito ay magiging kalugud-lugod sa Diyos kung natututunan na natin ang unang tatlong hiling sa Lord’s Prayer.
125. Q. What is the fourth petition?
125. Q. What is the fourth petition?
Give us today our daily bread. That is: Provide us with all our bodily needs so that we may acknowledge that you are the only fountain of all good, and that our care and labor, and also your gifts, cannot do us any good without your blessing. Grant, therefore, that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures and place it only in you.
Ano ang ika-apat na pagsamo?
Ano ang ika-apat na pagsamo?
Bigyan Mo kami ngayon ng aming kakainin sa araw-araw. Na ang ibig sabihin ay: Ipagkaloob Mo sa amin ang lahat ng aming pangangailangang pangkatawan nang sa gayon ay kilalanin namin na Ikaw lamang ang tanging pinagmumulan ng lahat ng mabubuting bagay, at na ang aming pag-iingat at pagsisikap, at pati na ang Iyong mga kaloob, ay hindi makagagawa ng kabutihan sa amin nang wala ang Iyong pagbabasbas. Kung kaya’t ipagkaloob Mo sa amin na talikuran namin ang pagtitiwala sa lahat ng mga nilikha at ilagak lamang ito sa Iyo.
The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism IV. Why Does Christ Call It Our Bread?
For God desires that we should take unto ourselves the assurance that when he gives us these things he also grants unto us the privilege of enjoying his gifts. God desires that we should use his gifts, not as thieves and robbers, but cheerfully and with thanksgiving.
The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism V. Why Does Christ Call It Daily Bread?
Give us as much bread as is sufficient for us—give us so much of what is necessary for the support of life as every one of us needs, to serve thee and our neighbor in our several callings in life.
These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
GI Williamson: “This does not mean that we should not work diligently to improve our condition. But it does mean that we are not to murmur and complain if we have less than someone else does, as if God had withheld something that we had coming! No, the truth is that even if we only have enough—with nothing to spare—we must still say that we have received, out of the mercy and kindness of God, what we did not merit.”
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
John MacArthur: “The schedule of God’s provision for His children is daily. The meaning here is simply that of regular, day-by-day supply of our needs. We are to rely on the Lord one day at a time. He may give us vision for work He calls us to do in the future, but His provision for our needs is daily, not weekly, monthly, or yearly. To accept the Lord’s provision for the present day, without concern for our needs or welfare tomorrow, is a testimony of our contentment in His goodness and faithfulness.”
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
Mayaman ka man o mahirap, we pray that God will use us to meet others’ needs. Hindi tayo binibigyan ng biyaya ng Diyos upang maging tagatanggap lang, kundi upang maging pagpapala din naman sa iba. Hindi lamang naman sa pera tayo makakatulong para sa nangangailangan. Maraming paraan.
