Praying for daily bread can seem like a throwback to Biblical times. In modern times we have savings accounts, retirement funds, a spare car, a side hustle, and a plentitude of banks willing to loan us money for next year’s bread if we don’t have it today. But we as the modern church, the modern people of God, must somehow learn to pray this line. It’s part of Jesus’ answer to the disciples’ begging Him: “Teach us to pray.” Because no matter what century we live in, God does not help those who help themselves; He helps the helpless. Prayer happens when we realize we have no skill great enough to pull the strings of the cosmos. We have no education so great that it allows us to mine the depths of all wisdom. We are owed no wages for living for God and whenever we need something we only have to go to our Father and ask like a child. Let’s once again dive into The Lord’s Prayer.
