Last night we had our friends the Castons over for dinner, and we had a great time. Homemade rolls, good conversation and very cool kids made for an awesome evening. In the course of the evening my wife and I were explaining how we got where we are (long story short: Lived with parents for the summer, God wanted us to be there till a certain point, and then within two weeks, with no previous leads, she got a job up here and we found a house and a church). This summer really taught me how to be patient and trust God and not our own plans, but it’s a lesson I’m still being taught as I don’t have a permanent job and we’re not even sure if this is a permanent house (literally- it might be paved over in a matter of years!). It occurred to me while we were talking that God gave us exactly what we needed, but no more. We didn’t win the lottery or anything; I still have to trust him just as much to get me through each day. That is, of course, what Jesus meant when he told us to pray for our daily bread. Not a silo full of sustenance or even a week’s supply, just what we need right now. He’s taking care of the rest, and pray for tomorrow’s bread tomorrow.
If I have a “life verse” that defines what comes up most often between me and God, this passage is it:
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Matthew 6:25-27
Note: The stature of an average American male is approx. 3.96 cubits (1 cubit in Jesus’ time ≈ 17.5″)
