In
the Book of Matthew, Chapter 6 Verse 11, Jesus says we should faithfully ask God in prayer to “give us this day
our daily bread”. Many times throughout scripture, we see the example of God’s
people receiving bread to sustain them. For example, when the Israelites ate
the manna whilst wondering the wilderness with Moses, also with the miracles
which Jesus performed before the multitudes in multiplying five loaves of bread
for all to eat. The Lord Jesus himself later goes on to describe himself as the
bread of life, as we read in John Chapter 6,
They
said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see,
and believe you? What work do you do? Our fathers ate the manna in
the wilderness. As it is written 'He gave them bread out of
heaven to eat. Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you,
it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my
Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is
that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this
bread." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread
of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who
believes in me will never be thirsty. But I told you that you
have seen me, and yet you don't believe. All those whom the
Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in
no way throw out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own
will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of my Father who sent
me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should
raise him up at the last day. This is the will of the one who
sent me, that everyone who see the Son, and believes in him,
should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
As we can see, it is God who not only provides bread to eat in a physical sense, but also in a spiritual sense - where he has provided his Son, Jesus Christ, as the bread of life to all those who truly believe in him. As we read also in John Chapter 3,
“One
who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see
life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
