Our Daily Bread (Deuteronomy 8:3)

It is easy to think that the Lord may in the best case scenario provide our food, but we need to be assertive to secure additional physical blessings.  It is tempting to think that the Lord takes care of the spiritual blessings, but we better get busy to secure the physical blessings.  However, our Lord commands us to pray that our Lord would provide our daily bread.  Why our daily bread?  What does daily bread have to do with physical blessings?  How does our request for our daily bread challenge us to see the bigger picture of God's provision?

Humbled Before God (James 4:1-10)

We can be very frustrated at times because it seems like the Lord is not hearing our prayers.  We might be asking for something that we desire, but the Lord might not be giving us what we want.  Why would the Lord withhold good things from his children?  How can we find contentment in times of want?  How can we have an attitude before the Lord that is pleasing and honorable to Him?

Reprioritizing Our Position (LD 50; Matthew 6:25-34)

Asking the Lord to give us our daily bread could be another way of asking the Lord to make me more successful.  In other words it is the desire that we want to be successful.  The problem that we have as humans is looking beyond this world and believing that our Heavenly Father is more than looking down upon us, but is actually caring for us.  So, when we ask the Lord for our daily bread what are we exactly asking the Lord to provide?