When Jesus asks us to pray for our daily bread, He is clearly referencing the manna in the desert. In John’s Gospel, Jesus refers to Himself as both the Manna from Heaven and the Bread of Life. It would be simple enough to see this part of the prayer as a request that Jesus would be with us, or that He would give us what we need for this day. And neither would be untrue, but there is still a deeper movement He is calling us to.

Hallow is not a word many are familiar with. It means to make something holy or sacred. When Christ teaches us how we should pray, we first must position ourselves as little children whose Dad is also the Creator and Sustainer of everything visible and invisible, who sits above all power and dominion. What an amazing thought. But then Christ teaches that we are to hallow His name.