Friday 8 Oct 2021

October 8: Matthew 6:9-13
 
Key Verse: Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.
 
Devotion:
This important part in the middle is to continue to ask God for our daily bread – the reason why you are probably reading this in the first place! A simple request to God – please feed us... Not with a nice fresh loaf of bread each day, but with the spiritual sustenance we need to continue going. We need to look to Him for all of our guidance and strength too; the best way being through reading and meditating on His Word.

How does a child get to learn how to live? By following instructions daily from their parents or guardians. The more they listen and learn, the more adept they will be at living a life. The better the instructor, the better the student and the better prepared the student will be to live a life by themselves when the time comes!
 
If we refuse the instructions, then we are refusing to learn from the people who know better than us. If we refuse to learn how to live our lives to the best of our abilities, then the less likely we are to get anywhere in life! Now, we could focus on all the things of the earth and we could get by in this world very nicely – the more intelligent we are the more we learn and the more we get to know... and so it continues...
 
But if we want to be able to learn all about God and what He has in place for us, then we have to listen to a teacher who knows more about God than we do. Even then, when we start to outgrow our teachers, we can still learn from others because they will have learned different things to us. The more we mix with others and learn what they know about God, the more we get to have a meaningful friendship and relationship with Him!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you know your bible?
 
Do you know what God wants in your life?