GospeLines Ministries® Daily Devotional for Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Have you missed any of our devotionals? Remember they can be found in the Archive section of our Website http://www.gospelines.com "Let Us Pray" Part 6 "Give us this day our daily bread" Matthew 6:11 KJV Prayer is an incredible resource which provides the opportunity to commune with God in a personal way, and gives us intimate insight into His character. Jesus taught us to pray by contrasting between the prayers of the Pharisees and Christians, and the difference is this: the prayers of the Pharisees focused on themselves and Jesus' prayers focus upon God as illustrated in The Lord's Prayer . · God's paternity = "Our Father" · God's priority = "Hallowed be Thy Name" · God's program = "Thy kingdom come" · God's purpose = "Thy will be done" And today we take note of the next lesson from The Prayer : · God's provision = "Give us this day our daily bread" Please do not see it as a tedious task when we look deeper into this verse. Will you feast with me upon the meat of the Word and set aside the milk of babes and children for awhile? "Milk is for beginners; solid food is for the mature" (Hebrews 5:11-13 The Message) . Oh, how I pray that Christians will become hungry for the greater truth which can only come from persistent, dedicated exploration into the Holy Bible. First, what is the substance? It is bread, a symbol for all our physical needs in this life. It is not simply the prayer of a beggar, though it could be, but it is also the acknowledgment of all of us that God is the source of every physical provision. For some people it might be, "Lord, I don't have anything to eat for my next meal. I ask You to give me my daily bread, that Your name may be glorified." Or, it may be, "Lord, You have supplied so much and I thank You and I acknowledge You as the source and I ask You to continue to provide with such graciousness, that Your name may glorified." Our prayer glorifies God!! Second, the source is God, who is the source of everything. You don't possess anything that He didn't provide. He is the Creator and the Sustainer and the Preserver of the entire universe, everything that we have is from His hand, everything. Third, the supplication (our request) is give. Now, this is not a request from desperation, it is spoken from a deep trust that if we ask He will give! There is no possibility that He won't. Fourth, the seeker is "us." Although God may feed the unrighteous, this is a promise for the Church, for the godly. Our Lord has promised to take care of the righteous, as David said, we will never see our children "begging bread" (Psalm 37:25 NIV ) . Fifth, how often? The schedule is "this day," meaning bread for the coming day, to teach me to take one day at a time. How compassionate are you? How deep is your trust in God's Word, particularly the promise given to us in this lesson? Beloved, I do believe in feeding the hungry, but I believe if I give a man Jesus Christ, then God will take care of all the details. Don't take my word for it; just teach a hungry man to believe what Jesus taught and his problems are over: "Don't worry so much about stuff. People who don't know God fuss over those things too much" ( Please click here to read Matthew 6:33, 'TheMessage' ). GospeLines Prayer: Father, I am humbled by what you have taught me today! Whether I come as a beggar man or a rich man, You will provide my needs when I pray by faith. Lead me to the place where I will sweat the small stuff less and less by trusting You more and more. Amen and amen. Tommy Harrison www.gospelines.com 3 crosses Amen and Amen! _____________________________________________________ GospeLines is a non-profit Christian ministry, providing free devotionals, Monday through Friday, to subscribers around the world. 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