Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Kings 8:59 (New Living Translation)

59 And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the Lord be before him constantly, day and night, so that the Lord our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day’s needs.

These words were spoken by King Solomon on the occasion of dedicating the Temple. I have read the above verse some 30 to 40 times over the last 30-something years. And this year I noticed the last phrase, “according to each day’s needs.”

And the first thing that hit me was the Lord’s Prayer with one sentence given below:

Matthew 6:11 (King James Version) 11 Give us this day our daily bread.

There it was: daily needs and daily bread. It all connects. Sometimes it takes 30-something years for a person like me to notice. It is all there folks. How complete and thorough is God? How much higher and greater is God than me? There is no measure.