Give us each day our daily bread.
Luke 11:3 NIV
Our Daily Bread
Although it began as durable food option for Inuit in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut, Bannock has found a home in kitchens across Canada. Served as a staple in the diets of early settlers and fur traders, most Indigenous nations in North America have some version of Bannock. The word derives from the Gaelic bannach, meaning morsel, which in turn likely came from the Latin panis, which means bread. The version that we know today came from Scotland. Bannock is usually unleavened, oval-shaped and flat.
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I make most of my family’s bread – all except Wendy’s scrumptious cinnamon buns and the dough for our pizza-oven pizza – and there is no better scent filling our home than that of fresh baked bread. All around the world, bread is one of the basics of any diet. Which brings us to our verse for today – Luke 11:3 – that reminds us that God’s loves is enough to provide not only all we need to meet our spiritual needs, but also our physical ones. The verse says, “Give us each day our daily bread.” Jesus is instructing us on how to pray, and he tells us that we ought to pray that God would provide for our most basic of human needs – food. You never need to wonder if God cares for your every need. If he tells you to pray for all you need today to sustain life, you know He does. And by the way, if you have plenty and don’t need to pray this prayer, share with someone who is praying that prayer, no matter where you find them. You just might be the answer to someone’s prayer.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley