Question 193. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?

 

Question 193. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?

Answer. The fourth petition is, Give us this day our daily bread. In this petition we acknowledge that by Adam's original sin and our own sins we have lost the right to all the blessings that come in this life, and therefore deserve to be deprived of them from God, and that they should become a curse to us when we use them; that we have no merit in them, nor can we obtain them by our own efforts, but only unlawfully desire and desire to obtain them. We pray for ourselves and others, that they and we may use lawful means, and daily wait upon the providence of God, and receive a considerable portion of the free gift, which is most agreeable to our Father in heaven; that we may be restrained from all that would hinder us from living in peace in this world, while we continue to receive it in a holy and good use.

“Give us this day our daily bread.” This means asking for the bread of life in the kingdom of God so that the will of heaven can be done on earth.

Today, most people think of the "daily bread" as the physical food we eat every day. In Matthew 6:25, Jesus said, "Do not worry about your life, what you will eat." And in Luke 12:29, Jesus said, "Do not worry about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry."

It is said, "The bread of life is needed for the will of heaven to be done on earth." The same is said in John 6:27, "Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life."

The bread of life (bread) is the everlasting covenant (the covenant that all peoples of the world will be saved through your seed). When Jesus broke the bread and gave it to his disciples before his crucifixion, he said, "This is my body," and when he gave them the cup, he said, "This is the new covenant in my blood." The new covenant is the everlasting covenant that God speaks of. The everlasting covenant is the covenant between God and Abraham and Isaac, and it refers to Jesus Christ, the seed of promise. It means that the bread is the everlasting covenant.

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