"Give us this day our daily bread." Is that really a concern of yours? Are you truly worried about whether or not there will be food for you to eat today...or tomorrow or the next day? Probably not. We who live in America know very well that there is MORE than sufficient food for all OUR citizens - TOO much for many of us. Granted, we have a problem in getting the food properly distributed (as in Bosnia), but the food IS there. That would make it sound as though our prayer for daily bread is irrelevant.

Consider it. First of all, this petition is NOT irrelevant. Our need for God's provision in this matter might not be so painfully obvious as it is in many parts of the world, but the need remains nonetheless.

Perhaps we will understand that more fully when we think of the words we use. We…