Our Daily Bread

"When Moses prays to God, "Yahweh, feed these people," Yahweh replies, "I will feed them. I will let manna drop from heaven but they are to pick up only enough to feed themselves for one day" (Exodus 16:4). The whole message of the desert is a message of continual dependence on God, minute-by-minute learning to trust in Providence. Some of them want to store up the manna in order to have some for tomorrow. They want to plan for the future, and allay their fears. Moses says, "No! Only enough for today. Yahweh will give you your daily bread. But some kept an excess for the following day, and it bred maggots and smelt foul" (Exodus 16:20). Instead we say, "Give us this day our daily bread." How strange these words sound to a people with savings accounts, insurance policies and three-year warranties, even on their toasters! "
- Richard Rohr - from The Great Themes of Scripture

How I need to learn this lesson! God is enough and will be faithful. If only I would remember to pray for my daily bread. Who of you, by worrying, can add a day to your life? And yet, I do it ALL THE TIME. Lord, take my worrying and obsessing. Remind me of my great need for you. God, give us this day our daily bread.