Daily faith!
Verse for Today: Thursday, April 04, 2013
Luke 11:3 – Give us each day our daily bread.
Prayer is the fearless expression of our needs to God. It is based on the
faith we have in God to whom we address it. The depth of our needs overrule our
pride and compel us to pray. The consciousness of our depravity persuades us to
approach the greatest Giver. It is also our conviction of the capacity and willingness
of the giver. When Jesus instructed His disciples to pray for their daily needs,
He pointed towards the all sufficient God and His inexhaustible resources. Our
admission of the need is the first step towards prayer. Secondly we admit that
we are coming to the most benevolent Giver who is our heavenly Father. Thirdly
we express our needs in simple words. Fourthly it is an appeal and a compelling
cry for needs to be met. Fourthly our prayer declares the Father as the
compassionate giver. Fifthly we confess our utter nothingness and sheer lack of
any other source to feed us. Seventh, it is the loud cry for the daily needs
of a follower of Jesus. Eighth, it is a confession that we have no one else or
no other place to go to. Ninth, it confirms our conviction that if we ask, it
shall be given to us in the right measure and at the right time. Tenthly it is
a daily total and complete dependence without anxiety. Moreover, it is a public
declaration that we will not go to any other place or person with our needs. All
these compelling reasons point towards a life of faith and dependence on our
Father to meet all our daily needs. On the other hand, the Father has taken it
as His duty to meet the daily needs of His children according to the riches of
Jesus Christ in heaven.
Dear friend, are you dependent on the sources of the world to meet your
needs? If so, you will be grossly frustrated because all these sources dry down
over a period of time. If you are aware of your needs in depth and believe in
God’s capacity to meet it out of His kindness, prayer will naturally flow from
your heart. If you are willing and able to put all your trust in the Father in
Heaven to meet all your needs all the time, then He is asking you to express it
by going to Him each day with your petitions. He is sufficient to meet all your
physical, emotional and spiritual needs on a daily basis. So there is no need
to go to any other sources with your pleas. Jesus taught the disciples that they ought to
learn a lesson from the animals and birds that do not store up for their
tomorrows, but depend on their creator to help them find their daily food. The
instruction of Jesus is that we go to the Father each day with the needs of
that day. Then our days will unfold with His the fountain of His supply line.
It is astonishing that long before we ask the Father, He knows our needs and
has provisions kept ready. It is He who gives you energy and capacity to work
to earn a living each day. It is He who sends His ravens, widows or angels with
daily support. It is He who waits for you at the shore of your sea of life with
grilled fish, bread and water for you to eat and drink to satisfy your needs. When
we extend our open hands to God, He will not send us empty handed, but will
fill it with all that we need each day. When we pray for daily bread, we
confess our willingness to be contented with whatever He gives because we know
that He gives His best to His children. Today He gives us another opportunity
to practice such faith of total dependence by asking and receiving.
Psalms 107:9 – He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good
things.
Thought for Today
Our dependence on God for all
the needs opens the windows of heaven to shower it upon us.
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