I think people generally take bread for granted.  It’s a staple of many peoples diets.  It’s common.  It’s cheap.  It’s conveinent. I have taken it for granted for most of my life.  Growing up we had toast with breakfast, sandwich for lunch and a piece of bread with butter for dinner. Lots of bread – little thought about it.

I stopped taking it for granted a few years ago when I began taking the Lord’s Prayer seriously and started praying it everyday.  The Lord’s Prayer has big spiritual ideas like the holiness of God, the Kingdom, the will of God, forgiveness of sin, deliverance from the Evil One, power and glory.  And right smack in the middle of it is BREAD!

Give us today our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).  Imagine that.  Jesus wants us to ask the Father for bread everyday.  Not take it for granted.  Not assume that we will always have it.  Ask God today for our daily bread.  So what’s the big deal about bread?  I think God wants us to remember, to remind ourselves, everyday, that we depend on God for everything in our life, everyday.  From our  salvation and sanctification, to our daily bread and daily breath.  If God doesn’t give it, we don’t get it.

So the next time we spread jelly on our toast, or bite into a Big Mac, let’s take a moment to thank our gracious, generous heavenly Father for the bread.  God loves us and wants us to be happy, so He gave us bread!

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