Matthew Chapter 6
Verses 9-13
After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
And the glory, forever. Amen.
Today I want to share a revelation about these scriptures. As I was meditating on them yesterday the Lord started putting different scriptures together as He often does. What got my attention was when He asked me a question about daily bread. I've heard many teachings on this and many think it has to do with daily food and I can’t argue that but I know that the bible says many things that are both physical and spiritual.
The first passage that came to me while I was thinking of these things was the teaching in Matthew Chapter fifteen where it says:
21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22:And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying; Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25: Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26: But he answered and said, it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Now the thing I saw here was that the children’s bread was the delivering of the woman’s daughter and actually wasn't even the bread but just the crumbs. Just the crumbs delivered her daughter and made her whole. Now if this was that powerful to a woman without any covenant with God, how much more is it available to us now when we are sons and daughters of God and now that salvation is not just of the Jews any longer but freely given to all regardless of race, gender or nationality. As the scripture says there is no more Jew or gentile, bond or free, male or female.
So we know this bread He spoke of was not just physical bread but healing, deliverance and restoration and its available daily just as he said to ask. That being said, it’s still not just that but it is much more as we see in Matthew chapter 26.
26: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is (my body). 27: And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28: For this is (my blood) of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins
We know that Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven and He even said so in the book of John chapter 6 verse 35.
So now to keep it short, here is the main thing He showed me in this time of meditation. Jesus is the true bread from heaven and we know that He said man should not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The bible makes it plain that Jesus is also the word of God and that is even His name.
So here is what we should do: We go to him every day in prayer and ask for our daily bread which is not just physical bread but more revelation of Jesus. We should be getting more and more of Him each day. The way we grow stronger and become who we are supposed to be in Him is by partaking of Him every day and yet there is even more. Let’s read in John chapter six verses 5-14.
5: When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?
6: And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. 7: Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8: One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, 9: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10: And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11: And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 12: When they were filled, he said unto his disciples; Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13: Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14: Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, this is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
This was a great miracle, there were five thousand men not counting the women and children which may have pushed this number of people fed up way past ten thousand, but we know that all the miracles Jesus did were because He loved and had compassion and also to teach us something. You notice that Jesus took the bread and gave thanks and then He gave to His disciples to distribute it? That’s the pattern He was trying to teach me in my time of meditation.
We should go to Heaven in prayer every day and ask our Father for more of the revelation of Jesus which is our daily bread. Then when we receive our daily bread we should give thanks and give out to as many people as we can feed in a day’s time. We as sons and daughters of God have the right to partake of the children’s bread which is everything that comes with salvation such as healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out the devil, prosperity and fellowship with our Father. We are to take this bread and feed the nations.
So what happens when we do? Not only do we bring more people into the kingdom but we have twelve baskets left. God is not a God of barely enough but of more than enough.
So here is my plan. I’m going to pray every day and ask my Father for my daily bread and I’m going to give thanks for it and share it with as many people who will eat it with me. I’m going to take it to the hungry and oppressed, to the saved and unsaved. I’m going to give it freely just like I received it and hope you will do the same. There is a hungry world out there that needs to be touched by the Love of God and needs to be filled with the bread of life who is our Lord Jesus Christ.
So, if you are hungry maybe you should spend some time in prayer with your Father and let him give you this bread.
I speak blessings upon all of you who read these words. I pray for you each and every day and I pray that every need you have is met and every desire God puts into your heart comes to pass. May you always have baskets full of God’s goodness and blessing.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael
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