The spiritual blessings you received yesterday are wonderful; but you need a fresh infilling today.
We’re not a bus running on a tank of fuel; we’re the old-fashioned streetcar that ran by a constant touch with the “third rail.”
Jesus taught us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matt. 6:11).
But that’s what we forget so easily to make sure we have.
It’s not merely human forgetfulness: there is sin in this forgetting. It’s a lack of appetite for heavenly bread. And that means we yearn for what this world provides; we’re in serious malnourishment. Skin and bones ends in death.
Jesus said, “You must work, not for this perishable food, but for the food that lasts, the food of eternal life” (John 6:27, NEB).
Think of the Lord as our Chef (He is!). I have observed that when someone cooks up something nice for the family, he/she is pleased when they express appreciation.
Oh, that rare appetite for heavenly food! The problem is that “the carnal mind is enmity against God” (Rom. 8:7), and that means a distaste for heavenly bread.
But “blessed [happy] are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness” (Matt. 5:6).
The glory comes next: “They shall be filled.” Oh, the joy of having a square meal of righteousness.
Make sure that you have it.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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