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Good afternoon all ...

In doing some thinking on the 'dew' thread ... my thoughts kind of went off on a tangent as I got to thinking on this scripture that in some ways ties into the other topic ... but is also kind of different so I thought I would put it under another heading ...

Matthew 6:11 ...

11 Give us today our bread for this day;

So often we have said these words ...

And yet I begin to wonder if there may be a deeper meaning than just our literal physical food that we may have just applied it as ... or maybe I'm just dense and just 'getting it' ... instead of seeking to find a 'figurative' application to this verse as well ...

I began to recall what Jesus said to those he spoke with concerning 'bread' and the wider meaning he put to it ...

John 6:32-35 ...

32 Hence Jesus said to them: “Most truly I say to YOU, Moses did not give YOU the bread from heaven, but my Father does give YOU the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Therefore they said to him: “Lord, always give us this bread.” 35 Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. He that comes to me will not get hungry at all, and he that exercises faith in me will never get thirsty at all.

So, with our praying for our 'daily bread' ... could we not also be like a reminder to us to ask to have our Lord in our daily ...?

To allow the WORDS HE SPOKE ... be as 'manna or bread' from above ... giving us spiritual sustenance as well as physical sustenance ...?

For did not our Lord also say to the Tempter ...

Matthew 4:4 ...

4 But in reply he said: “It is written, ‘Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every utterance coming forth through Jehovah’s mouth.’”

And then further on he said concerning his 'food' ...

John 4:34 ...

34 Jesus said to them: “My food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work.

So, with this thought to in mind ... in light of the 'daily bread' ... could this also not mean in a figurative way our 'Christian work' ... that of doing to other as we would have them do to us ... caring for orphans and widows ... speaking about the kingdom of God ... and so on ...

And when we 'feed' ... or 'do' ... these kinds of things ... do we not feel FULL ... do we not feel wonderful that we have allowed the work of the holy spirit to be operative upon us ... giving us sustenance to continue on ... to continue to be spiritual men and women of God and his Son?!

So, may we indeed ask for and have our 'bread for this day' ... for it is wonderful bread indeed!!!

Just some meandering ponderings ...

Luv BR

br,

Is what you posted above related to this proverb?

Proverbs 9:1-6
9 True wisdom has built its house; it has hewn out its seven pillars. 2 It has organized its meat slaughtering; it has mixed its wine; more than that, it has set in order its table. 3 It has sent forth its lady attendants, that it may call out on top of the heights of the town: 4 “Whoever is inexperienced, let him turn aside here.” Whoever is in want of heart—she has said to him: 5 “Come, feed yourselves with my bread and share in drinking the wine that I have mixed. 6 Leave the inexperienced ones and keep living, and walk straight in the way of understanding.”


I also think that if our daily prayer is answered and we do indeed get some bread from above then we should be sharing or giving it to others:

2 Corinthians 8:7
7 Nevertheless, just as YOU are abounding in everything, in faith and word and knowledge and all earnestness and in this love of ours to YOU, may YOU also abound in this kind giving.



In Christ

abe

This is the life giving bread we want to eat, Christ.

He is feeding you the truth from above...

Great Post sister!

Christ is the true food and the true drink to become healthy spiritually and to know anything at all. There is a warning if we reject His food and drink which will come from the "Helper" or "Wisdom", another name for the "Helper"..

Warning Against Rejecting Wisdom

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street,

she raises her voice in the public squares;

21. at the head of the noisy streetsc she cries out,

in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

22“How long will you simple onesd love your simple ways?

How long will mockers delight in mockery

and fools hate knowledge?

23. If you had responded to my rebuke,

I would have poured out my heart to you

and made my thoughts known to you.

24. But since you rejected me when I called

and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,

25. since you ignored all my advice

and would not accept my rebuke,

26. I in turn will laugh at your disaster;

I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

27. when calamity overtakes you like a storm,

when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,

when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28. “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;

they will look for me but will not find me.

29. Since they hated knowledge

and did not choose to fear the Lord,

30. since they would not accept my advice

and spurned my rebuke,

31. they will eat the fruit of their ways

and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

32. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,

and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

33. but whoever listens to me will live in safety

and be at ease, without fear of harm.”