Becoming Weary Of Our Daily Bread

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

The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples how to pray. It is well known among Christians. The prayer is recorded in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4.
 
One important part of the prayer says, " Give us this day our daily bread.”
 
Most obviously, this prayer to God earnestly requests that God would sustain us daily. It was like God’s provision of manna, given every day in the wilderness to the Israelites.

Exodus 13:21-22
21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.
22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
 
Exodus 16:35
And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

But despite of God’s presence with His people by a pillar of cloud by day and by a pillar of fire by night, and God’s faithful and daily provision of manna to His people, the people of God got weary of God’s presence and provision, they continually complained and murmured against Him. They actually grew weary of God!

1 Corinthians 10:1-11
Old Testament Examples
1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
3 all ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
7 And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;
9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;
10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

Even in the midst of God’s presence and provisions, the people got weary spiritually! What happened to the Israelites in the wilderness are now lessons for us to avoid committing the same errors as them.
 
They were all under the cloud, and they all went through the sea. They were all baptized as followers of Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food. And they all drank the same spiritual drink.

They drank from that spiritual Rock that was with them. That Rock was Christ. But God was not pleased with most of them. They died in the desert.

Truly, familiarity breeds contempt. The people of God had been familiar with God's daily presence, provisions and protection. They knew very well what was going to happen daily. And they began to lose respect for God and His leader, Moses. The awesomeness and greatness of God no longer thrilled them. And they took God for granted. They became weary of all His daily presence, provisions and protection. And they sought for other gods!
 
And all these things that happened are examples for us. They should stop us from wanting evil things as those people did. We should not worship idols, as some of them did. It is written in the Scriptures: “The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up and had wild parties.”
 
We should not take part in sexual sins, as some of them did. In one day, 23,000 of them died because of their sins. We should not test the Lord as some of them did. They were killed by snakes. And we should not complain as some of them did. They were killed by the angel that was sent to destroy them.
 
The things that happened to the Israelites are examples for us not to follow. And they were written down to warn us who live in the last days.
 
Our daily bread is our sustenance and support from God who sustains us from day to day. Becoming tired of it means growing weary in waiting for God's presence and provision.

What can we do to prevent spiritual weariness?

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
16 Rejoice always,
17 pray without ceasing,
18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

We should have a heart of joy and gratitude, thanking God for our life, reminding us that we will be nothing and have nothing without Him. We need to pray continually, not falling into lusts and temptations.

Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

We need to have patience, persistence and perseverance as we continue to wait in faith upon the Lord. We need to never let go of our hope and trust in God's promise to provide strength to the weary.
 
In doing so, we will continue to enjoy God’s presence and provision every new day.

And we will not grow weary of our daily bread and God.

Written on 1 September 2025