MY FATHER OWNS IT ALL!

MY FATHER OWNS IT ALL!

Ps 50:10-12

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Matt 6:11

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

Psalm 50 explains the extent of God’s wealth. He explains that our sacrifices and offerings are neither to make us poor nor to make Him rich. Neither is necessary! We are already poor and He has ever been rich! Offerings are to honor Him for whom He is.

Based on His own riches, Jesus urged His disciples to pray “give us this day our DAILY bread.” Daily bread has a PRACTICAL aspect. At the time there was no means of preserving bread and it was baked fresh every day! There were no plastic wrap or chemicals used to preserve bread for any great length of time. It was daily bread.

Daily bread also has a PRAISE aspect. In the wilderness God told the children of Israel to gather as much manna as they would need every day but to be sure not to gather more because anything left over would rot and produce worms. It was a lesson in daily trust. It was daily bread! There was no guarantee of supply from day to day except in the God who had promised. As long as there was a God in heaven there would be bread day by day!

We are tempted to trust in our employer and our own strength to supply our needs. Certainly God uses both of these things as He fills our needs but what if we become unemployed or physically disabled? God wants us to trust Him for our daily needs and he will allow whatever circumstance necessary to remind us of the true source of our supply.

Phil 4:19

19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Ps 68:19

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Dear Lord, thank you for your faithful supply of my daily needs. AMEN