Devotional for Friday, August 18, 2017
“The Lord Our Provision”
by Dona Hake
Today let us meditate on our Lord, our Provision. The Word of God tells us that if we seek we will find. Our loving God loves when we seek Him. Even though He knows EXACTLY what we need, He desires that our hearts exhibit our need of asking Him. Jesus taught His disciples to pray, and one of the things He said to ask for was His daily bread. This is the bread and sustenance that comes only from above! Let us look at two translations that I felt were excellent.
Matthew 6:11 (DRA) “Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.”
Matthew 6:11 (VOICE) ” Give us each day that day’s bread—no more, no less—”
There is a Contemporary Christian song that I love and the other day I listened to it a little bit closer than I have before. A handful of the lyrics really stood out to me and really ministered to my heart for each moment with God is a fresh encounter. He desires to speak freshly to us by many things around us. The lyrics the young lady was singing went like this… “He moves mountains that we did not know were even there…” What an awesome thought! I think of mountains that I have faced in my own life. He helped me faced them. He gave me His grace and strength to stand in faith till they came down and were leveled by His Word. But that song really made me wonder how mountains has He moved before I even noticed them. Our loving God knows our every need, and His Provision is more than enough. He makes are crooked paths straight that we make walk firmly and not stumble!
Today I encourage you to meditate upon the fact that God is faithful to give us the “bread” we need to get us through one day at a time. That bread will sustain us, and keep us nourished in our spirits. Thank you Lord for daily bread …no more, no less….we thank You that Your bread that You sustain us with is alive and living and all so powerful! Lord, you ARE our Provision.