05 Nov Daily Bread

“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘who is the Lord?’ or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.” Proverbs 30:8-9

Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

My question this morning is

simple. Do we trust our God to sustain us? Not just saying it or nodding our head in absent minded agreement, but truly, madly, deeply, breath by breath, moment by moment trust that the bread he gives us is enough to make it through this day, even without a slight glimpse of tomorrow’s flour?

The Israelites lived for 40 years in the desert on daily bread. It would disappear after the sun rose and become stale if they tried to save it. The manna only sustained them for one day.

I don’t have fancy words or long winded paragraphs today, only this question that I truly feel is from the Lord.

“With only daily bread will you be satisfied? Because my daily bread is greater than all riches and all poverty. It can fill the emptiest and humble the mighty. My bread will sustain through desert footprints and mountain vistas, crashing waves on endless seas, through pink laced sunsets and clouds set afire with dawn. My bread outlasts any heartbreak or triumph, filling you to be emptied so you return to me. Through each adventure…return to me, and I will show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. With only my daily bread will you be satisfied?”

Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.