Hello friends,
Give us this day our daily bread. ~Mt 6:11
In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation. ~Psalm 5:3
I think that within these two verses there is model for what our dependence on God should look like. Let me explain the insight God has recently given me about this.
The first step is understanding what "our daily bread" is. I am going to suggest that "our daily bread" is much more than just reading the scriptures or praying. I believe "our daily bread" is an actual encounter with God. While this may take the shape of God revealing himself during prayer or the reading of scriptures, the point I want to make is that "our daily bread" is something that we will never have if God does not personally show up in our lives and give it to us. It must be a supernatural encounter with He who is "the bread of life" (Jesus calls himself the bread of life 4 times in the 6th chapter of John!)
The other verse I provided speaks about praying in the morning and then waiting in "expectation." So, we pray in the morning that Jesus, the bread of life, would reveal Himself to us and then we wait in expectation as we continue with our day. Sometimes, I have found that God shows himself through my morning scripture readings. Other times, it does not happen until later in the day when I am reminded of a promise that God's word contains. Still other times, God does not seem to show up until after I have waited and prayed for a while. The point is that we should be doing everything in our power to seek God (prayer, scripture, ect), but we must realize that it is God who gives us his bread and we must wait in expectation.
So I ask you now, have you sought God today and are you waiting in expectation?
With much love,
Charlie
Monday, March 2, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment