Bigger Than Bread
There is an interesting connection between Luke 11 and Luke 12 that I noticed this morning. Jesus was a forward thinker. With the kingdom always in mind, he often warned His followers to look beyond the present to the future. After His teaching on prayer at the beginning of Luke 11, Jesus shifts to reminding His followers that God is good and always gives good gifts to His children. His illustration has to do with bread and fish and eggs so the reader might think that the Lord is talking about material blessings (11:5-12). But then Jesus throws a curve ball by ending this particular teaching this way: “ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! ” (11:13). Hmmmmmm, doesn’t sound like lunch to me! The message? The greatest gift God can give us is Himself. By the time we get through Luke 12, we are reminded again that God promises to provide for His children material...