Today I was focussing on the few words within The Lord's Prayer of "Give us today our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11). God wants us to trust Him for His care and provision every day. Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a feeding trough, being a vulnerable dependant newborn human baby. In those times perfect lambs were swaddled and placed in the stone feeding troughs, protected and ready to be given as a perfect sacrifice in the temple. It was no coincidence that Jesus was laid in such a feeding trough of this significance and it is no coincidence that Bethlehem means House of Bread. Jesus was fully human and as well as being mankind's perfect sacrifice, He also exemplified trusting His father God to provide for Him daily during His time on earth. Jesus taught us the perfect prayer which incorporates the words "Give us today our daily bread" because He wants us to trust that Our Father also provides for our day to day needs.
