Today’s Thought “Barry Manilow’s Version” G. Ward

Matthew 6:11 “Give us this day our daily bread.”

I absolutely love every song Barry Manilow produced. There’s one however that’s my favorite (It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve); speaking to the opportunity to seize a new beginning despite mistakes of old (cf. 1 Cor.5:17).

Unless any surrender this ideology unto the One able to truly erase past imperfects, anxieties persist. Jesus Christ desires to be the solace necessary for soul reprieve. HIS love and care is indiscriminate (Ro.10:13). On numerous occasions HE sought to penetrate the mindsets of those disciples who like some of us equated the bread of His discourse to that which would sustain their physicality to do the Master’s will (*Matt.6:30-35). While our appetites remain insatiably driven, satisfying our stomachs, strength to endure emanates from our soul and if malnourished, we perish. Our insistence for those spiritual nuggets must be comparable to the baby’s cry until the bottle is placed in the mouth (1 Pe.2:2-3); synonymous with a doting parent’s care, yet remembering HIM as the Good Shepherd who won’t lead you unto poisonous pastures.