The word for this week is "breadlessness". It's not found in the Bible, but in Jonathan Cahn's "Mysteries" - Day 245.
THE WAY OF BREADLESSNESS
The teacher was seated on top of a hill with the sun behind him partially silhouetting his form. In front of him at the beginning of the slope sat the students. He was holding in his hand a loaf of bread.
"Messiah," he said, "taught His disciples to pray, 'Give us this day our daily bread.' Why?"
"Because we need to eat," said one of the students.
"But why should that be part of a prayer to God?" asked the teacher.
"Because God wants us to bring Him our most basic needs," said another.
"Yes," said the teacher. "Messiah was teaching us to bring our most basic needs to God. But how many of you is it that don't have bread for the day ... or food for today? Raise your hands."
No one raised their hand.
"Then why did He tell you to ask for bread you already have? How can He give you what is already yours? And how could you receive what you already possess?"
"If we have it," said one of the students, "then we can't receive it."
"Then we must not have it," said the teacher.
At that, he began breaking the loaf into small pieces and passing them to the students. When he finished, he continued with the teaching.
"You can't ask for what you already have. Yet we are told to ask for our bread every day. So what does it mean to pray that prayer? To pray that prayer you must relinquish your ownership. You must let go even of your daily bread. But it is in that relinquishing that you open yourself up to a miracle ... It is only what you don't have that you can receive from God. And if you don't have anything, then God can bless you with everything ... everyday. Then possessions you once took for granted are freed up to undergo a transformation, to be turned into blessings given and blessings received from heaven. For when you take no blessing for granted, then everything in your life is transformed into a gift. Learn the power of this prayer and the blessings that come in the letting go even of your daily bread. It is then that your life will be filled with miracles and blessings ... the inheritance of those who have attained the state of breadlessness."
The Mission: Practice the state of breadlessness. Empty yourself of all possessions - even the most basic of things - and receive it all anew as a gift from God.
(Deuteronomy 8:3; Joshua 13:33; Matthew 6:9-11)
I LOVE this one! This attitude will keep us from ever getting selfish or self-centered. It will also keep us in the right frame of mind where no matter how much He blesses us with, our possession will never possess us! When we realize that everything good in our lives has come from HIM, then we will be more apt to maintain that grateful attitude and realize that there is nothing that HE won't do to bless us and cause us to walk in the fullness of all that He has! As in John 10:10:
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). AMP
I think that you and Kristine have mastered this attitude already! You have always made us feel so welcome in your home. We have been there when many people have been there, and you treat everyone so warmly! Your blessings have grown over the years through your diligence, hard work and trusting in God, but you have never changed who you are and how you treat people. I believe that you are in position for some excellent and unexpected blessings to come, even more than you already have known! Here is Hillsong with an older song that I have always liked called "Blessed":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
