Teaching his disciples how to pray, Jesus instructs them to ask for their daily bread in prayer. In praying this, we must not limit ourselves to asking for things like food or money. The wisdom to deal with the many issues life presents daily is crucial. The skill to navigate tough choices, handle difficult processes, and the strength to go through the emotions of each day, falls in here. You may have all the money and food that you want but that's no guarantee you'd have a great day.
Life can sometimes come up with its own pressure. It'd be wrong, if not frustrating to think you've the answer to everything life throws at you. But the grace for daily living can be easily supplied when we ask God in faith for our daily bread. Don't trivialise this need if you don't want to be overwhelmed by life itself. It's only in the light of this that one would understand Solomon's assertion, "... the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; ..." (Eccl. 9:11)
One common mistake we make is to relax from praying once things begin to shape up around us. But this is against the model Jesus taught us. He says to ask for our daily bread. Each day holds its own unique graces, blessings, favours, opportunities, peace, or troubles. Your refusal to ask daily is a pointer that your understanding of this principle is shallow. It further indicates a lack of trust in God's abundant abilities to meet your daily needs.
