Well
you’re reading this, so that’s like manna, and today I’m talking about
prayer. When Jesus teaches his disciples
to pray, one of the things he told them to say was "Give us this day our
daily bread." Well you might be thinking, hey, bread is carbs,
that's to many carbs. But when Jesus talks about bread he's talking about
God's word. He tells the devil that "man does not live on bread
alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." You
see daily bread is like the manna the Israelites got every day. And Jesus
said, “I am the bread of life”, and of course Jesus is the Word of God.
So it wasn't about carbs, it was about God's word, the Bible, Jesus.
Do you
need a little Jesus every day? Well, we
want a lot of Jesus. In fact, we want
all of Him. Including in our prayer life
the prayer for daily bread reminds us to that we need to be in the word
searching for the wisdom of God. We need
not only some oatmeal and brown sugar, we also need A bible buffet. A
scripture soufflé. He was telling us to pray, “Lord teach me something
new today.” When we pray we ask for all sorts of stuff, and God is our
father, so we can. But one of the greatest things we can ask for is
Wisdom. And where are we going to get some wisdom? Well, God's word
of course. And God also put in to place
a system where both faith and the wisdom of God is heard when we go to church.
Seriously. I’m not just saying this because I’m a preacher, but
check this out: Eph 3:10 "His
intent was that through the church the manifold wisdom of God is made
known" Remember from Malachi 3 – “that there might be food in my
house….” You see, the food is at church. Uh huh.
Daily bread. Bible.
Church. Eat up.
The Living Word Bible Church - Jason Anderson
