Matthew 6:11-Give us this day, our daily bread.

What does give us this day, our daily bread mean to you? How many times have we read or said the Lord’s Prayer and just disregarded this particular passage? Many people regard daily bread as food. Many regard this passage as money. Many people regard this passage as an insignificant part of the scripture when in fact this is probably the most important passage in the Lord’s prayer.

Its been a LOOOONGGGG TIME since I have felt up to doing this. I can’t recall when it happened but I just know that for quite some time now I have been in a pit of depression and despair. Crying everyday. Questioning everyday, Did I do enough? Am I enough? Grief and stress had really taken its toll on me. Every time I tried to pull myself up out of this pit, it seemed like I would sink deeper. During this time in the pit, I had just enough energy to complete my duties for the day. Everything I grasped at in the past to pull me through failed me. My pride, self-determination, pulling myself up by the boot straps, keeping myself busy….all that failed…In and of myself, my strength, fortitude or whatever you want to call it is insufficient. But God tells us in 2 Corthians 12:9-And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness; therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Can I be transparent for a moment? How about I didn’t want to admit I was weak and needed someone to be strong for me? How about I didn’t want to admit that I couldn’t handle what was in front of me? How about I would tell God I couldn’t handle it, put it at the alter but go right back and pick it up? How many times would people ask me if I was okay but I would keep my mouth shut because I didn’t want anyone to know my business or regard me as weak? The world tells us we don’t need to be dependent on anything or anyone, The world tells us to be self-sufficient. This is contrary to God’s word, The word tells us to bear one another’s burdens and that HE is sufficient. We get so beat up trying to be God’s people but live by the world’s principles and standards. Pride will strip you of all that is good and will ultimately destroy you.

Give us this day, our daily bread. People look down on those that are seeking a handout. How many times do we get irritated by the panhandlers coming and asking for money? How many times have we said to ourselves,Why don’t he/she just get a job? God wants us to seek his handout!!! He wants to give His goodness away! He has a well of goodness that never runs out. He wants us to make withdrawals of Him. Unlike man, we don’t have a credit limit with God. You can draw out as much or as little as you need to and guess what?? YOU DON’T have to pay it back with interest!!! As a matter of fact you don’t have to pay it back at all!!!

God breathed on this passage for me letting me know He is MY DAILY BREAD. Whatever I need Him to be that day, He is. My provision, my strength,my help, and everything I need to get through the day is wrapped up in Him. For His mercies are new each morning. Each day you are filled with a portion of grace and mercy to get through each day. Whatever you are struggling with. Whatever you may face. For the children of Israel in the Old testament, he was the cloud in the sky in the day and the pillar of fire at night that led them, he was manna from heaven to feed them, he was the water the poured out of the rock to quench their thirst, he was the tree that was put in the bitter water to make it sweet. What do you need Him to be for you today?