Matthew 6:11
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“…we need to understand three important things…”
When we pray, Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11), we need to understand three important things, the Source, the seeker and the supplication.
I. The Source
The One who is able to answer our prayers and provide for our needs is the Source. He is the One whom we address our prayers to, our Father which art in heaven! Our heavenly Father loves us and provides for all our needs. Sometimes, God would provide for His children through miraculous means, but His primary way of provision is through work. He blesses His children with good health and strength, and job opportunities, so that all their needs may be met on a regular and daily basis.
II. The Seeker
The word us is a reference to the believers, or children of God who belong to Him. As His beloved children (1) they can come to God, (2) they are invited and urged to come to Him, and (3) God delights when they come to Him.
III. The Supplication
Daily bread not only represents food but all our physical needs. Martin Luther said, “Everything necessary for the preservation of this life is our daily bread, including food, a healthy body, good weather, house, home, wife, children, good government and peace.” John Calvin said, “This petition refers to whatever God knows to be essential.” In other words it refers to all the needs of life, and anything that nourishes us; our physical, emotional and material needs.
Dear children, having learned that God is the Source, we are the seekers, and our supplication we ought to pray for all our needs, each time we pray, give us this day our daily bread, we should consider the following points:
- We ask for our needs not our wants; What we want may not be good for us, we only ask for our necessities, and God alone knows what is necessary for us.
- We ask daily; When we pray regularly and repeatedly, it shows our total dependence on God.
- We ask knowing that God cares for us; God cares for every detail of our lives, including the ordinary day-to-day things of life, like daily bread. And nothing is too big or small for Him!
- We ask not only for ourselves but others; Jesus teaches us to pray “give us” not “give me.” We must consider the needs of our brethren!
- We ask with a grateful and thankful heart; When we pray for our daily bread, we are not only acknowledging that God is the Source, but we are also grateful and thankful that He had provided for us on a daily basis.
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