“Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11
Did Jesus ever pray this prayer?
One day a large crowd gathered to listen to Jesus. They were in a desert place where there was no food and no money to buy food, and a boy placed five loaves and two fish in Jesus’ hands. “Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated” (John 6:11). Jesus gave thanks to the Father for the bread He had provided. And what the Father provided was sufficient for all.
Then, on the night He was betrayed, Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples. “Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body” (Matt. 26:26).
God gives the bread that sustains our bodies. And God has given us the bread that feeds our souls. Jesus is the bread of life. He said, “Whoever feeds on me… will live because of me” (John 6:57). Jesus will do for your soul what bread does for your body. He will sustain you. “Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever” (6:58).
Since God has given us Jesus, the bread of life, will He not also give us all things? Are you depending on Jesus spiritually for your sustenance, in the same way that you depend on bread (and other food) for the sustaining of your body?
