‘Give us this day our daily bread’ is a prayer asking far more than for our physical needs to be met. When we pray this we are asking God to give us enough of Him to make it through that day. He leaves us dependent on him in that we should be asking, praying, and seeking this daily.
I’ve been working through a wonderful Bible study, ‘Seamless’ by Angie Smith, and today she talked about the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. The chapter ended with the account of Thomas asking Jesus to see and touch his wounds so as to believe. John 20:29 make us aware that those who have not seen and yet believe are blessed.
Earlier in Angie’s study she asked me to write down ways I struggle to believe in Jesus? My answer: the logic, the lack of concrete evidence, the fact that intelligent people I love don’t think it’s real, the fact that I am persecuted because I believe…. Or at least try to….
Skip ahead to the end of her chapter: “You may not get the evidence you say you need to believe in Me, but rest assured, love, I’ll give you enough.”
When we ask, He gives us ‘our daily bread’. He gives us enough.
So the fact is I don’t need all the evidence I say I need because He hasn’t given me all the evidence I want and yet, I believe (although some days are harder than others). He has given me my spiritual daily bread. So, what has that looked like for me?
Some big things and some small things.
Example number one (a few tiny prayers): I was too tired to go up stairs and find Shannon to tell her something. I prayed she would come down stairs. Less than a minute later she did. I lost my favorite pen and prayed to get it back. I did. Kate prayed God would give her a ring and a few days later a little girl made her a ring out of long grass leaves. I’ve asked God to tell me things through specific people and within 24 hours those people have reached out to me and told me exactly what I needed to hear. I have lots of accounts like this.
Okay, bigger things.
Before leaving for The World Race I was not seeking the Lord much at all. I had worked my way in to a bit of a mess and didn’t really have a home or any savings. I had lost my wallet in Las Vegas and my passport in D.C. and God wasn’t phased. The person in Las Vegas who found my wallet contacted me on facebook and sent everything to me untouched and then my passport came in the mail only two days before I was scheduled to leave the country for The World Race (I thought I wasn’t going). But God looked beyond my shortcomings and foolish ways and sent me to unreached parts of the world to share His love. I am more than unworthy but not only did He let me go anyway, He trusts me every day with His truth and His love. This is just one of the bigger examples.
I may not be able to reach out and touch His wounds like I might think I should be able to, but He provides my daily bread.
“You may not get the evidence you say you need to believe in Me, but, rest assured, love, I’ll give you enough.”
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