God Wants to Meet Your Needs

Devotional Reading: Give us this day our daily bread, Matthew 6:11 ESV

Throughout my childhood, I never took a thought of my own provision or of finding my daily food. It was the job of my father to put food on our family’s table. I took no thought whether there would be supper. When my mother calls me or my sib for food I went. In reality I had given the authority, the responsibility, for feeding me to my father and my mom.

The principle Jesus speaks to us as He says, “Our Father in heaven, give us today our daily bread,” is a principle we must believe and live out. If I, as a child, would have doubted my father’s ability to provide for me, it would have offended Him. If we doubt God’s ability to provide for us, we offend Him. So, we trust Him to supply every need.

This is not a lifestyle of laziness on our part. It is not that we don’t care. It is not a lifestyle that says, “I won’t do my part.” It is a lifestyle that says, “God, I trust you to do your part. I trust that you will provide.” In this manner I honestly pray, “Give us today our daily bread.”

As we say those words, we are learning to trust Him. We are learning dependence and submission. We are learning to trust His perfect will for us. The provision of God is bound together with the kingdom of God. As we learn to trust God for our provision, we learn that He supplies our needs when we use our resources in the work of His kingdom.

Prayer and Confession
Jesus I trust and depend on you absolutely to meet my daily needs. Amen

Further Reading – Philippians 4:19