Daily Bread

I have recently begun to start my days with a simple prayer from Matthew 6:11: "Give us this day our daily bread."  As I go through the daily struggles of life, I find myself looking behind, as if I can change what has happened in the past, or looking forward,  as if I might be able to help God get it right the next time around.  Jesus told us to look to God each day for what we need.  We tend to get overwhelmed with our perceived future needs and forget that we don't yet need our bread for tomorrow; today's bread will do just fine.  I have started praying a similar prayer for our school as well.  "Lord, give us exactly what we need today.  We'll check back with you tomorrow with our next list of needs."  Jesus made it clear later in Matthew 6 that he will take care of us one day at a time; after all, tomorrow, he said, will bring a whole new set of worries.  Why fret over those today?  Instead, we must let God be our provider today, and then remember this profound truth every day for the rest of our lives.   By doing so, we will understand much more clearly the fact that it is God who provides for our needs, not we ourselves.   Let him do what he has promised to do.  As the words of an old Keith Green song remind us, "Just keep doing your best, and pray that it's blessed, and He'll take care of the rest!"