Monday, June 3, 2013

Fed by God - Cost of Discipleship Pt 79

Mat 6:9  After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Mat 6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11  Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mat 6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Mat 6:14  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Mat 6:15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.


"Give us this day our daily bread."

Bonhoeffer-  'As long as the disciples are upon earth they should not be ashamed to pray for their bodily needs. He who created man on earth will keep and preserve their bodies.

The disciples realize that while it is a fruit of the earth , bread really comes down from above as the gift of God alone. That is why they have to ask for it before they take it. And since it is the bread of God, it is new every day. They do not ask to lay up a store for the future, but are satisfied with what God gives them day by day. Through that bread their lives are spared a little longer, that they may enjoy life in fellowship with Jesus, praising and thanking him for his loving-kindness. This petition is a test of their faith, for it shows whether they believe that all things work together for good to them that love God.'

Rom_8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

My thoughts-

'Give us this day our daily bread'

Gen_3:19  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Exo_25:30  And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

Exo_16:4  Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

Joh_6:35  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Bread throughout the Bible has had various meanings, but it has always meant some sort of NOURISHMENT be it PHYSICAL or SPIRITUAL.

People good and evil can live on physical food, but only those who feed on spiritual food will live eternally.  If you do NOT feed on SPIRITUAL food you will starve to death SPIRITUALLY.

Our God says that we will eat BREAD until we die. Bread that is grown from the seeds planted in the ground sprouting into plants getting all the nutrients from the soil, the dirt, the dust.  And we KNOW it's a FACT that cannot ever be disputed, we HAVE to eat to live!  And before people go off about all liquid diets, or IV fluids etc… I know factually having dealt with someone on an IV only for and extended period of time, that they put NUTRIENTS into those ivs, it's not mere water and nothing more. Also, your liquid diets usually consist of things like protein shakes and such, again, not merely water.  You cannot live on water alone, you can't it's impossible.  Anyone disputing our need to eat to live has taken the wrong side and can never win that argument. 

God had BREAD set up in His holy temple (the example of His HEAVENLY temple). Bread in HIS HOLY TEMPLE! BREAD!  HOLY BREAD!  SPIRITUAL BREAD reserved for the priests, those who would bring the HOLY WORD of GOD to the people. 

BREAD was rained from heaven for God's people!  God sustained His people physically and spiritually!

JESUS SAID- 'I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE'  

Jesus the BREAD OF LIFE!  THE SPIRITUAL BREAD we ALL need to live eternally in HIM!

Is it any wonder we are to pray- 'Give us this day our daily bread'? 

We need our DAILY bread and we need it given to us by GOD!

GIVE TO US BY GOD!

BREAD FROM GOD!

We only live by the GRACE of GOD!

Truly we need spiritual nourishment EVERYDAY.  We should NEVER fast spiritually!  Jesus told us to pray for our DAILY BREAD.  We cannot lose sight of this, we can't.

GOD will give us our daily bread. God will give us all we need to live in HIM and this is what we have to trust in, believe in, have faith in! 

DAILY SPIRITUAL FOOD from GOD, as well as our physical food- all provided by GOD. 

People who are starving physically- may be in that situation for reasons unknown to us- but God will NEVER withhold our SPIRITUAL food if we are sincere in our desire to be fed BY HIM spiritually!

Remember this--

Rev_3:20  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

TRUTH!

ALL BY HIS AMAZING GRACE and LOVE!


No comments: