December 10, 2024 - Matthew 6:9 - Our Daily Bread

Matthew 6:9

"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name."

We should get up in the morning and hallow God's Name for exactly how the day will unfold, because it is going to unfold exactly as He has purposed. Whether you agree or not, you are along for the ride because God has predetermined all things. That is why Christ taught in verse 10: "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."

Then in verse 11, "Give us this day our daily bread."  What are most of us thinking? We're thinking two or three days down the line, a week, a month, a year! However, who said we even have today? "Give us this day our daily bread.” Give us that which is necessary, not only for our physical well-being, but especially for our Spiritual well-being. This "daily bread" is Christ!

And verse 12, "Forgive us our debts [sins}.”Continue to forgive us our sins. There is no greater blessing or freedom than to be IN CHRIST where our sins are already forgiven by His death on the cross. So what is there to fuss about? We spend all our time just spinning through this world like we were still bondsmen, still prisoners. However, we are free if Christ has paid our debt: "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." (John 8:36)

Why does the world knock us off balance? Why does that person over there get us upset and we run around acting like they do? They act the way they do because they're still in bondage. Yet, there is a Calm, a Rest, and a Peace that this world does not know, and that is Christ. Therefore, there is a difference in how we are to live as His children: "For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye Light in the LORD: walk as children of Light [Christ]:" (Ephesians 5:8)

We are to live as those that God by His Grace and Mercy has redeemed by His Son, the LORD Jesus Christ. Christ said, "My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27) You may say, "Oh, the world is so evil, so contrary!" Yet, Christ says, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have Peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)

When we try to wrestle with this flesh it's going to beat us up and leave us for dead. The LORD says to look to Him and run this race having our eyes fixed upon Him alone: "Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith;" (Hebrews 12:2)