Lord's Day 50

125 Q.  What does the fourth request mean?

    A.  "Give us today our daily bread" means,

        Do take care of all our physical needs^1
        so that we come to know
          that you are the only source of everything good,^2
          and that neither our work and worry
          nor your gifts
          can do us any good without your blessing.^3

        And so help us to give up our trust in creatures
        and to put trust in you alone.^4

    ^1  Ps. 104:27-30; 145:15-16; Matt. 6:25-34
    ^2  Acts 14:17; 17:25; James 1:17
    ^3  Deut. 8:3; Ps. 37:16; 127:1-2; 1 Cor. 15:58
    ^4  Ps. 55:22; 62; 146; Jer. 17:5-8; Heb. 13:5-6