1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,840 Hey, I'm Matt Brownell. 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,480 And I'm Van Owens. 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,160 And I'm Tim Adams. 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:18,120 Welcome to Climbing the Mountain, where we dive into the scriptures and discuss themes, 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,280 connections, and real life application. 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,960 We're kicking off a series here where we're going to examine the Sermon on the Mount and 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:34,600 discuss implications for this teaching for Christians today. 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,360 All right, we are back discussing the Lord's Prayer. 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:44,840 And last time, as you might expect, we got through about two sentences or two phrases. 10 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:50,040 We talked about our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 11 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,820 And we sat a lot on this idea of calling God. 12 00:00:53,820 --> 00:01:02,480 Another of there's an intimacy here that we can't ignore that is a beautiful gift. 13 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:03,880 But there's also this reverence. 14 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,880 This is a Father in the heavens. 15 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:13,880 This is a Father who we're saying your name, your very being is holy and hallowed and set 16 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:14,880 apart. 17 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,000 And we talked a lot about different ways of thinking about that. 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,320 But there's this great mystery and beauty and tension in that phrase. 19 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:27,120 And it can be a great reminder as we start our prayers that this is who we're talking 20 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,000 to. 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,240 And there's so much more to say about the Lord's Prayer. 22 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,040 So I expect we'll be here for a while. 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:37,800 But let's dive in again. 24 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,000 Ryan, do you want to pray or to read? 25 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,680 However you want to call it? 26 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,160 The Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6. 27 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:51,080 So in Matthew 6.9, Jesus says, Pray then like this. 28 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:56,320 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth 29 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,920 as it is in heaven. 30 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,480 Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also forgive in our debtors. 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,200 And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. 32 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,720 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 33 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:17,280 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 34 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,120 Thanks. 35 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:25,760 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 36 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,760 Makes for two dense requests. 37 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:33,960 First, it's important to note that Jesus is focused still on God in this prayer. 38 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,680 Three out of the six requests are directly about God. 39 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,520 And Jesus puts those requests first. 40 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:46,680 How many of us start our prayers anxious and just start blurting out all our needs before 41 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:53,240 we take time to remember the God of the universe to whom we speak, of whom nothing is too small 42 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,560 and nothing is too difficult. 43 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:01,480 How do you relate to that dynamic and how do you find that Jesus' focus and prayer 44 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,720 changes your heart and mind? 45 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,240 I think it's really important. 46 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,960 I think it's very easy, particularly when there's something really heavy pressing on 47 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:20,040 me, I'm concerned about something, whatever it is, some, some sin of my own or some situation 48 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:27,440 that I'm going to pray about when and I'm, I'm admit to my shame that a lot of times 49 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,080 I do start my prayers this way. 50 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:36,920 Oh, heavenly Father, I come to you asking you to help me with this situation. 51 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,040 And I start blurting out about the situation. 52 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:47,480 That can sometimes for me produce more anxiety. 53 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,480 It makes me feel worse. 54 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,800 Somehow at the end of that prayer, I, I know that if I get to the end of the prayer and 55 00:03:54,800 --> 00:04:02,800 I feel worse than I felt when I started it, or I feel the same that something didn't happen. 56 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:09,120 And I think that oftentimes what doesn't happen is this pausing to acknowledge what's going 57 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:17,400 on here and with whom I am communicating and the wonder of being able to communicate with 58 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,000 him. 59 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:27,000 And if I don't pause and do that first, the, the, the ensuing stuff sometimes doesn't feel 60 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,480 like prayer to me. 61 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:35,720 It'll, it'll, and it can end up for me just trailing off into stream of consciousness 62 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:36,720 anxiety. 63 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:37,720 Yeah. 64 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,240 And that's my natural. 65 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,240 Relate to that. 66 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,800 It's that's, that's how, that's how my mind works. 67 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:49,360 And if I trail off into just being what's in my mind, then somewhere along the way I 68 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,040 lost track, it's not praying anymore. 69 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:59,000 And I think that this, the, the focusing in on God helps to avoid that. 70 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Yeah. 71 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Totally. 72 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Yeah. 73 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:10,800 So there's a, a line in John 12 where Jesus is, he's talking about to go to the cross and 74 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,040 he says, now my soul is troubled in which I say, Father, save me from this hour. 75 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,520 No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 76 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,920 Father glorify your name. 77 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:30,000 And Jesus demonstrates this very often, his whole life that he, he exists to glorify God. 78 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:37,960 He exists to, to be in relationship with him, to bring him, bring him praise. 79 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:42,240 And that, that's the posture he brings into his prayer life. 80 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:47,920 You know, it's not asking, you know, God's not like a genie that exists for his, his 81 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:55,920 benefit, but Jesus is modeling for us that, you know, we exist to worship God and that 82 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,800 God's purposes and desires are our purposes and desires. 83 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:07,840 So when we pray like your kingdom come, you will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 84 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,680 That's what it, it does for me. 85 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:15,040 Just like you were saying then, you know, and instead of coming to God and my anxiety 86 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:21,160 or with my own desires and requests, you're like, well, those are all, those are still 87 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,160 here. 88 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:28,000 And, you know, I still am feeling those things in this moment, but I'm re-centering on what 89 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:37,000 my ultimate purpose is, which is to be in submission to God and who he is. 90 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Yeah. 91 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Yeah. 92 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,720 There's, it's a, yes, it's faith building instead of faith sapping. 93 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:49,400 When we're focused on ourselves, our own, Jesus isn't saying my will, he's saying your 94 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,400 will be done. 95 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:55,560 And I don't know how many times I've started a prayer with my kingdom, you know, like, 96 00:06:55,560 --> 00:07:01,080 yeah, you know, what's interesting about this prayer doesn't even say I or my once, 97 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,080 right? 98 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,080 Like that. 99 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,560 That's so rough, right? 100 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:10,640 I mean, it literally doesn't say I and all my prayers are right, you know, very self-focused. 101 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,920 And so just to like, you guys know, I love to go back to the Old Testament, but when 102 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,760 I think about this prayer, if you break it down, like it's simplified as much as you 103 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:25,760 possibly can into like part one, part two, it starts with God and then it's about us. 104 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:26,760 That's the Shema. 105 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:33,080 Like the most sacred prayer in Judaism is the Shema, hero Israel, Lord our God, the 106 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,760 Lord is one. 107 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,440 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with 108 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,120 all your might. 109 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,880 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart, you know, like that, that 110 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,880 first thing and then love God, love God first and love other second. 111 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:49,880 You know? 112 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:50,880 Yeah. 113 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:55,040 You start with God and then through that you flows the love for everyone else. 114 00:07:55,040 --> 00:08:00,360 When I get to this part, if I'm ever praying this prayer and I'm like just blowing through, 115 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,920 this stops me right away, dead in my tracks. 116 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,360 Whoa, whoa, stop now. 117 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,360 I got to get my heart right here. 118 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,120 It is difficult. 119 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,560 What does Jesus mean by your kingdom come? 120 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:20,560 This is something that he prays for here. 121 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,240 What do you think that means? 122 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,400 I think it gets right into the gospel message. 123 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:33,760 I mean, how many times did Jesus say the word kingdom of heaven or kingdom of God, depending 124 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,360 on which gospel account you're reading? 125 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,360 Yeah. 126 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:41,000 I mean, that is like central to the gospel message and the idea of the good news, you 127 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 on Galeon and Greek. 128 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,960 I mean, that is like a proclamation of a new king. 129 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:46,960 Yeah. 130 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:52,840 I mean, that's that's central point of the kingship of Jesus as taking dominion over 131 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:58,240 the world and taking it from the powers and principalities is like when I learn more about 132 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:04,840 the gospel message and the good news, I just continually become more convinced that it's 133 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:11,960 about kingship of Jesus and like the idea of Jesus's Lord, our good confession. 134 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:20,040 I mean, Jesus is the king and he's bringing a new kingdom now and eventually bringing 135 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,480 the kingdom here back to earth. 136 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:23,480 Yeah. 137 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:29,000 Creating the heavens and the earth and the new garden as our final resting place after 138 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,320 the whole thing is over. 139 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,800 And that's exactly. 140 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,200 I love that. 141 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:38,600 It's so comforting and like it's easy to get distracted when you're in the moment thinking 142 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,720 about the kingdom, but with all the mess of the world right now. 143 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:49,880 But like it's almost like a practice round of learning how to operate now and the king 144 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:50,880 kingdom life. 145 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,520 So our final final place. 146 00:09:53,520 --> 00:10:01,880 So it's like he's praying for God's kingdom to come in the sense that he wants the kingdom 147 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:06,080 to spread over the face of the earth and maybe even hasten the day when he'll return and. 148 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:07,080 Yeah. 149 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,080 I mean, he's taking it back, man. 150 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,080 Yeah. 151 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,960 Like a new kings in town. 152 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:16,920 Like it's time to win it with love rather than like the domination of all the empires. 153 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,680 I mean, it's kind of the same idea, but you're just flipping it on its head and the method 154 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:26,280 of actually bringing that kingdom to the earth is way different than people expect. 155 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:31,640 Jesus had a mission when he came and then he has us join him in that mission when he 156 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:32,640 leaves, right? 157 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,800 Now the great commission now go out and do this, you know, just as the father sent me, 158 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,040 I'm sending you. 159 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,760 This is one of the things we should be praying about all the time. 160 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:43,760 Yeah. 161 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,640 I mean, we're taking it back and like the expectations for the Messiah to be this like this ruler 162 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:54,680 that was just going to overthrow Rome and right was just going to come and, you know, 163 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:59,840 bring war basically and his war is through love and self sacrifice. 164 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,600 It's just flipped upside down. 165 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:03,600 Yeah. 166 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:04,600 I love that. 167 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:11,200 I think it's like really succinct summary of like what Jesus is talking about. 168 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,800 And one of the things I think is threading through a couple of these verses that we've 169 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:22,680 been mentioning, you know, we're praying for God's name to be holy. 170 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:28,040 And in the back of our minds, we should be remembering, you know, the phrase, be holy 171 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,280 because I am holy, right? 172 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:35,120 And we're praying your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 173 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:43,280 And there's, we remember that, you know, Jesus says like the kingdom of God is like 174 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:53,200 within us or among us that there's a very real sense in which the world will be more 175 00:11:53,200 --> 00:12:03,160 under the control of God is through us submitting ourselves to his will. 176 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:12,520 And so when I pray this prayer, many of these reminders about, you know, I'm praying to 177 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:20,320 God for his glory and his will, it's also like a, you know, that's not necessarily something 178 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:25,200 that's just like really far out there in the future or somewhere on a different continent. 179 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:31,920 That's like right here in my day, in my life, you know, I'm praying for the things that 180 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:36,680 I don't have control over, but I'm also praying to submit my control to that will. 181 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:44,080 That's a good, that, I mean, that's actually a question I want to ask about and pull on 182 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,480 that thread of will that you're describing here. 183 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,760 Because I think God, God has an overall will that can't be broken. 184 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:55,600 We see in Job at the end of that, he's like, no, no plan of yours can be thwarted. 185 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,240 And at the beginning we know that Satan couldn't just go torment him. 186 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,480 He had to ask God for permission. 187 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,160 And it's kind of same idea with Peter, right? 188 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:11,000 When Jesus tells him, Satan has asked to sift you like wheat, God is in ultimate control. 189 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:18,000 So he has this ultimate will, right, that can't be broken, but then Jesus is praying 190 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:29,240 about God's will here and that it would be done, right? 191 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,760 So he's got this ultimate will that will be done, but then what do you think he means 192 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:34,760 by this? 193 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:35,760 I think you're getting at this, right? 194 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,160 Like the will that he makes commands, right? 195 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,240 And we can, we have free will so we can choose to ignore him. 196 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,040 But I think there's a wonderful qualifier here. 197 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,960 It says on earth as it is in heaven. 198 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,000 So what does that tell us about this? 199 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:58,520 Well, I think that when you think about God's will in heaven, God's will is done perfectly 200 00:13:58,520 --> 00:13:59,800 in heaven. 201 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,800 There is no competing will there. 202 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,880 Yeah, there's no influence of Satan in God's case. 203 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:10,120 There's no Satan and there's no us because we all have our own individual wills. 204 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:17,240 And I think that when he says, you will be done on earth as it is in heaven, these statements 205 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:24,800 to me are things that they're true about God and I should think about them as I enter into 206 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,200 prayer. 207 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,200 So there's that. 208 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:35,880 There's also that there's something in these statements that I need to implement that I 209 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:40,560 need to realize when I say your kingdom come. 210 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:47,400 What I need to also say to myself is I want God's kingdom here now. 211 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:52,000 I want God's kingship in my life. 212 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:58,120 So I'm acknowledging by saying that statement, God is my king. 213 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:08,040 And with all the implications of what a king is, his will is what I do. 214 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,560 Because he is the king. 215 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:17,360 And with all the implications about the kind of king that God is, a king that was willing 216 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,760 to die for me. 217 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:26,000 And it's all there's so many layers to it that you can spend a lot of time just praying 218 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:32,800 this and thinking about and what happens to me when I get in this place. 219 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,040 And I so often do not. 220 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:43,120 But when I get in this place, the things that I'm anxious about, some of them just melt 221 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:50,920 because they're not that big a deal when I think about the fact of God as my king, of 222 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:56,440 his will being sovereign in my life and of there being no real choice. 223 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,680 I need to do his will. 224 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:03,680 It reminds me of the Great Commission again where you've got this piece where it's evangelism, 225 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:09,280 you're going out and you're baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 226 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,720 But then he's also saying teach them to obey. 227 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:16,400 So there's like these two where you're spreading the good news and people are coming into the 228 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:21,680 family and they're a bank, but then you're teaching them to obey. 229 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:28,720 And it's that turning over of your will to his will as your king. 230 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:35,920 The other thing I think though is on earth as it is in heaven makes me think of the angels 231 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:48,320 and like joyous assembly proclaiming the good news to shepherds and how they obey him. 232 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:55,000 Where they're in a place where there is no sin and they're full of joy to like, this 233 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 is the most important. 234 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,080 Yes, we're we get to do that. 235 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:04,520 I feel like I need to have that heart a lot more. 236 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:09,280 I think we'll get into this more like just with the next few sentences, but the idea 237 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:15,000 of like testing and temptation, like God isn't tempted in heaven. 238 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:20,640 Like the heavenly hosts aren't being tempted by Satan up there. 239 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:25,800 Like they are in a different situation in the heavenly realm than we are here on earth. 240 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:32,480 And like I think the on earth part matters a lot because we just like it's a reality. 241 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:38,680 I mean, we have to deal with the physical and like the flesh is weak. 242 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:45,640 We have different, we have actual real temptation in this world and the physical has to do with 243 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:46,640 it. 244 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:51,200 Well, speaking of this, the physical, I think that's a good segue into verse 11. 245 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:57,040 After praying for God's will to be done, he shifts to praying for our needs. 246 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:58,040 We're human. 247 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,680 We have practical needs. 248 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:06,480 Can we focus a little, I guess, on what Jesus is and is not praying though when he prays, 249 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,600 give us this day our daily bread? 250 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,920 How does this language influence our view of what our quote unquote needs are, especially 251 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:20,720 with respect to our current society of where we are in the United States, convenience, 252 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:21,720 abundance. 253 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,800 Although, I guess during COVID we got to taste a little bit of, oh, this didn't come when 254 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,680 I wanted it. 255 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:34,640 Like the very next day, but that aside, what would someone in Jesus's day think when they 256 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,440 heard daily bread? 257 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:45,440 Well, you can go to the next chunk of Matthew 6 because he's talking about not worrying 258 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,360 and that God's going to take care of you. 259 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:53,960 The things he assumes people are worrying about are, am I going to have enough to eat? 260 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,320 Am I going to have clothes on my back? 261 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,920 That kind of tells you a lot about the standard. 262 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,480 I mean, especially the clothing for me. 263 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,160 I mean, clothing is just so, they're so cheap. 264 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,680 Maybe we just throw away clothes. 265 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:11,120 So if you pretty much always get some sort of clothing here, like even if you only have 266 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:20,800 a couple bucks, but that's the level of simplicity that Jesus is saying God's going to take care 267 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:21,800 of you. 268 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,280 He's going to provide you what you need, but those needs are very different from our 269 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:27,280 wants. 270 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:28,280 Yeah. 271 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,280 Yeah. 272 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:34,560 I think when I read this, and because it's such a familiar passage, it's one you can 273 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,400 read over and not really read. 274 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,560 When I read, give us this day, our daily bread. 275 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:49,000 What I read when I'm reading over it is, give me bread. 276 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,280 Meaning take care of me. 277 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,160 Give me what I want. 278 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,800 Give me what I think I need. 279 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,080 Give me, I need security. 280 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,080 I need to know that I'm going to be okay when I retire. 281 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,680 I need to know that I'm going to get this house. 282 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:11,040 I need to know that this is going to happen. 283 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Can you just make that happen for me now? 284 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,160 That's what I read when I read over it. 285 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:22,600 But when I actually look at it, it's very emphatic. 286 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:27,800 Today, give us what we need today. 287 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,200 When you think about it, that's really all that we've got. 288 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,880 I don't know if I'm going to be here tomorrow. 289 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:44,160 I don't know if I'm going to live long enough to retire, but I'm here right now and I have 290 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:52,240 certain things that God can give me right now that I need to make it right now. 291 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:53,760 That's what I'm asking God for. 292 00:20:53,760 --> 00:21:02,520 I'm not asking him for security or wealth or future prosperity or a sense that everything's 293 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:08,720 going to be okay in the next week, month, year, decade. 294 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:18,640 I'm saying God sustain me right now, right here where I am, which is a very simple prayer, 295 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,400 but also a deeply faithful thing to say. 296 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,400 Yeah. 297 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,920 We're not praying for bigger barns, right? 298 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:26,920 Right. 299 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,880 We're praying for today. 300 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,520 Give me what I need today. 301 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,520 I think we break it down. 302 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:40,600 The way I view this little section here is, I think we have the modern view, which is 303 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:45,560 like daily needs because bread isn't something that we're obsessed about right now. 304 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:50,840 And then we have the ancient Jewish view of it that we have at the time Jesus is saying 305 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,000 this prayer. 306 00:21:52,000 --> 00:22:01,200 And then I think the best way to explain this is through God providing manna in the wilderness. 307 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,440 I think he's getting at it. 308 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,360 That was what I was thinking of too. 309 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:12,360 I go back to Matthew 4 when Jesus is being tempted by Satan and the wilderness, again, 310 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:18,480 wilderness and 40 days and nights theme there. 311 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,600 And the tempter approached and said to him, if you are the son of God, order that these 312 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,680 stones become bread. 313 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:29,120 But he answered and said, it is written man will not live on bread alone, but on every 314 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:32,440 word that comes out of the mouth of God. 315 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:38,280 Harkening back to Deuteronomy and that phrase, I mean, he's quoting it. 316 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:42,120 And in that section, it's talking about how Israel was provided by manna. 317 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,960 They had to live off the manna. 318 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:50,800 There was no, oh, well, do I want to go to Panera or can I go to Chipotle? 319 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:51,800 What do I want today? 320 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:52,800 Do I want pizza? 321 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,400 Am I going to get groceries? 322 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,640 They had to eat manna so much so that they got upset about it. 323 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,080 And they couldn't store it. 324 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,080 They were totally reliant. 325 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,880 It was only good for that day. 326 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,200 It was only good for that day. 327 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:10,560 They were completely reliant on God for all their sustenance, for their livelihood. 328 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,280 And I think the heart of that is what we're supposed to have, but it's just so hard to 329 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:15,280 have that now. 330 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,280 Yeah, I know. 331 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,960 I was thinking of that too. 332 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,040 In chapter four, he's talking about he's, man does not live on bread alone. 333 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,280 In John six, he calls himself the bread of life. 334 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:35,040 And that our reliance, so there's an aspect to this that, yes, there's a spiritual food 335 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:40,720 that we need that only Jesus can give us and we can pray for that. 336 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,920 We can also pray for our, I do think there's an aspect to this where we pray for our physical 337 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:52,760 needs too, because we're going to be able to glorify God very much if we're starving. 338 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:59,240 And God does want to provide for us to meet our basic needs, I think. 339 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,120 I mean, but I don't think that a lot of, I love the manna. 340 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:06,120 I just think it's perfect. 341 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:10,120 I wasn't really thinking about it when I thought about the Lord's prayer originally, 342 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:14,160 but the more I dove in, the more I'm like, wow, this is like, it's manna. 343 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,160 That's our heart. 344 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:22,440 The heart is the desperation for the food of God in spirit and in physical needs. 345 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,920 Without that, it's really easy to get off track. 346 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:33,080 And when Jesus compares himself to that manna, so it all kind of comes full circle. 347 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:34,080 Right. 348 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:39,880 And I think it's weird for maybe listeners today who their bread has a lot of preservatives 349 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,240 in it, you know, like it could just sit out there for a while. 350 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:48,960 I remember buying some really fresh, organic, just big bread and I was like, ooh, this is 351 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,760 the best bread I've ever had. 352 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,000 And I left it out and then the next day I'm like, oh, this is the worst bread. 353 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,080 I can't even look at it. 354 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,080 Yeah. 355 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:03,040 I do think it's important, like we kind of jumped over this with the first line. 356 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:09,160 But he says, give us our daily bread, right? 357 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,160 Us. 358 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,640 And our Father in heaven. 359 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:17,600 And so you said, or I realized there's no eyes, but there are hours and there's a lot 360 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:28,800 of hours and that helps a lot to regulate the selfishness and to remember my brother 361 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:34,320 who maybe I am being provided for here in this moment, but someone else is not. 362 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:42,080 And so if I'm praying this, right, then I am called to also be a vessel to help, you 363 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,200 know, meet that need. 364 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:49,040 So that feels very important as we're reading through this to remember how communal this 365 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,040 prayer is. 366 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,040 This is community. 367 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,040 I love that. 368 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,040 Yes. 369 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:58,880 But I've just paused as I'm praying this prayer and thought, give us this day. 370 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:04,720 Oh, am I, I'm praying for all of my brothers and sisters right now. 371 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,400 And oh, let me think about what's going on in their lives and pray for them, you know, 372 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,720 like, or, oh, what could I do to help them? 373 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,200 Maybe I'm being called to do that, right? 374 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,800 That's a great, great point. 375 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:21,880 Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's we've, okay, we made it through one more piece. 376 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,320 All right, we're going to have to come back to this. 377 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,160 It just shows you how loaded this, this prayer is. 378 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,080 I mean, it's like, we talk about the grace of all time. 379 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,080 Yeah. 380 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,080 Yeah. 381 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,080 This is awesome. 382 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,080 To be continued. 383 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,080 To be continued. 384 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:57,640 Thanks. 385 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,200 That is such a good point too. 386 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,560 Yeah, it really is. 387 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,800 Like you're praying for other people as you're praying it, but you might not have even gone 388 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:04,800 in thinking that. 389 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:05,800 Yeah. 390 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,120 And you're like, oh, crap, I should really think about when I am reciting this. 391 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:12,960 Sometimes I just say father in heaven and then I'm like, oh, snap. 392 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,000 Yeah, that's not what he says. 393 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Yeah. 394 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Right. 395 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,280 Yeah, it is like, you're like, it makes me think I'm like, oh yeah, I should be praying 396 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,160 about people and like, mm hmm. 397 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,800 Like other countries or people that are really struggling, not just like my neighbors or 398 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,280 the people I know in real life. 399 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,280 It's like, wow. 400 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:35,400 It sort of addresses that age old thing, do I act or do I pray? 401 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,920 This prayer is like, yes. 402 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:38,920 Right. 403 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:39,920 Yeah. 404 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:40,920 Right. 405 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,320 As you pray it, you're realizing how you need to act. 406 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,960 Isn't it wonderful how it kind of just moves your heart? 407 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:46,960 Mm hmm. 408 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:47,960 Jesus is genius. 409 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:48,960 All right. 410 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,520 I mean, he boils it down, like to get that much meaning out of just such a short prayer 411 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:59,520 is like, wow.