Devotional thoughts for Tuesday

Tuesday 21. October 2014 

Trinity 18 

Jesus took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks He broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. (Matthew 15,36 ESV) 

It should not surprise us that Jesus is able to use seven loaves of bread and a few small fish to feed over 4000 people. He is God, after all. And yet, we constantly forget just what Jesus can do. We worry about finances, the economy, violence in the world and a host of other things that vex our lives and our fallen world. Jesus has promised to provide for us, and He does. He did in Matthew 15. 

Jesus provides for our daily needs, and He also provides for our spiritual needs. He instituted the Lord's Supper where He uses bread and wine, that He sacramentally presents in, with and under His body and blood, to give us the forgiveness of sin. 

We should never doubt God's Divine Providence in our lives. Jesus provides all we need on earth and in heaven to sustain us with our daily bread whether it is food on our table or the Sacrament at Divine Worship. 

Prayer: O Almighty and Everlasting Father, You give Your children many blessings even though we are undeserving. In every trial and temptation grant us steadfast confidence in Your loving-kindness and mercy; though Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever.  Amen. (A73, Treasury of Daily Prayer)