### 125. Q. What does the fourth petition mean?

**A**. “Give us this day our daily bread” means: Provide for all our physical needs<sup>1</sup> so that we may recognize that you are the only source of everything good,<sup>2</sup> and that neither our care and work nor your gifts can do us any good without your blessing.<sup>3</sup> Therefore may we withdraw our trust from all creatures and place it in you alone.<sup>4</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Ps. 104:27-30](/get-passage/Psalms+104:27-30); [145:15-16](/get-passage/Psalms+145:15-16); [Matt. 6:25-34](/get-passage/Matthew+6:25-34)
<sup>2</sup> [Acts 14:17](/get-passage/Acts+14:17); [17:25](/get-passage/Acts+17:25); [James 1:17](/get-passage/James+1:17)
<sup>3</sup> [Deut. 8:3](/get-passage/Deuteronomy+8:3); [Ps. 37:16](/get-passage/Psalms+37:16); [127:1-2](/get-passage/Psalms+127:1-2); [1 Cor. 15:58](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+15:58)
<sup>4</sup> [Ps. 55:22](/get-passage/Psalms+55:22); [62](/get-passage/Psalms+62); [146](/get-passage/Psalms+146); [Jer. 17:5-8](/get-passage/Jeremiah+17:5-8); [Heb. 13:5-6](/get-passage/Hebrews+13:5-6)