Matthew 6:11; Give us this day
Matthew 6:7-8; And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Since Jesus Christ taught us to pray in His name, which is a metaphor for living according to His command, to love one another. According to Christ, praying incessantly is tantamount to being a pagan. “Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.” — Ecclesiastes 5:2
In accordance with the teachings of Christ, how do we thank God with few words, bearing in mind that we should thank God for the good, the bad, and the ugly that we encounter. Can we thank God for not only the good things, but also for the disasters that life often brings? Yes, we can, according to Isaiah 45:7; I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
According to Acts 17:24-25; “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. When we “Thank God for the day”, we thank Him for everything that day brings; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Prosperity and disaster, everything that ‘that day’ brings.
These few words of gratitude to God, is derived from ‘Our Lord’s Prayer’ that Jesus Christ taught us, when He taught us to ask God, ‘Give us this day, our daily bread’, most of us focus on bread, in that prayer line, while the emphasis is and should be on ‘this day’. Every other thing flows from the breath; the day, when the Lord gives us the day. Just as Jesus Christ said in Matthew 6:34; Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. THANK GOD FOR THE DAY. Carpe diem is a Latin phrase that translates to “seize the day”. It means you should enjoy the present moment and make the most of current opportunities instead of worrying about an uncertain future.
