God's Glory Church

“When He sat down with them at the table, He took bread, blessed it, and, breaking it, gave it to them.” — Luke 24:30

After a busy day at the hospital, my friend was rushing home, wondering what to make for dinner before her husband also got home from work. On Sunday she cooked the chicken, and on Monday she served what was left of it. On Tuesday, she made chicken again, but this time it was baked. When she got home, my friend found two pieces of fish in the freezer, but she knew that fish fillets were not her husband’s favorite food. Finding nothing else, she decided to cook fish.

After putting the dish on the table, she spoke somewhat apologetically to her husband, who had just returned home: “I know this is not your favorite dish.” Instead, her husband looked up and said, “Honey, I’m just happy we have food on the table.”

His attitude reminds me how important it is to be thankful for what we receive from God on a daily basis. Thanksgiving for daily bread, for all food is modeled by the example of Jesus. During a joint meal with two disciples after His resurrection, Christ “took bread, blessed it, and, breaking it, gave it to them” (Lk. 24:30). He thanked his Father, as when he fed five thousand people with five loaves and two fish (Jn. 6:9). When we give thanks for our daily food and other provisions, we follow Jesus’ example and honor our Heavenly Father. Let’s thank God today.

How often do you thank Jesus? How does this glorify Him?

God, I thank You for daily bread and for the satisfaction of all other needs.

Author: Katara Patton