Give us this day.....

My daughter posted a picture on her Facebook this week of my 10 month old grandson, Urijah, and their dog Sadie, with my son-in-law Brian having a little snack in their living room. The caption read "We have two beggars in the family now:)"

Urijah does not walk yet, but you can see that he has learned how to pull himself up enough to grab hold of his daddy's plate to try and get some of what is left. Also, note "man's best friend", Sadie, the chocolate lab, waiting more patiently than little Urijah. Sadie has a little more experience in the begging category.

Urijah and Sadie are both helpless and in need of their master/father/mother/caretaker to provide food for them daily. Neither can provide for themselves.

This picture reminded me of the Lord's Prayer in regard to our daily bread.

Matthew 6:9-11
⁹ “Therefore, you should pray like this:
Our Father in heaven,
Your name be honored as holy.
¹⁰ Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us today our daily bread.

Do we truly rely on God, our creator and master, the provider of all things, to give us our daily bread? 

Who truly provides for your daily needs? Is it by your own hands? Who provided you those hands? Who keeps those hands healthy and alive? 

Do we truly comprehend that we are daily in the same position as little Urijah is there in the picture, on his knees, hungry, both physically and spiritually? 

If do not comprehend that, maybe this picture can be a humble reminder that we need God in our lives daily down to every breath we take. We need to be on our knees humbly praising and honoring His name before ask Him for our physical bread daily. Also, not only for our physical daily bread, but for our spiritual nourishment, through His Word, daily.
 



Matthew 4:2-4
² After He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, He was hungry. ³ Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
⁴ But He answered, “It is written:
Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

We are only a few days away from celebrating our Savior, Jesus Christ's, victory over sin and death. How about between now and Saturday night, we all spend some time on our knees reflecting on the torture Jesus had to suffer, from the scourging all the way to his death on the cross. Let's reflect on and pray the Lord's Prayer that He gave us as a model for prayer, asking for our daily bread. Let us challenge ourselves from Easter Sunday onward to remind ourselves of our daily hunger and need for God, for His Word and for His daily provision for our lives. In Jesus Holy Name we pray. Amen.