Teach Us to Pray: Daily Bread

As we continue to look at the Lord’s Prayer, we once again ask that Jesus teach us to pray. Our focus today is the line, “Give us this day our daily bread.” What a beautiful image the Lord has given us. Daily bread. Not a feast or a banquet. Not a shopping cart filled with food that will last us weeks. Just today’s loaf. What Jesus is teaching us here is manifold and has a clear connection to what God was teaching Israel through daily manna in the wilderness. What this means for our 21st century modern life is not altogether different. Let us dive in.