Nearly everyone gets up daily to go work for their "bread", either in the form of material goods, or as the income we need to provide for our needs. And while God promises to provide our needs if we "seek first His kingdom" (Matt 6:33), most often He meets those needs by providing us with an opportunity to work. And the exhortation to work is repeated throughout the New Testament: Eph 4:28, 1 Thess 4:11, 2 Thess 3:10, 1 Tim 5:8.
But Jesus reminds us in Matthew 4 that there is another "bread" man is in need of: every word that comes out of the mouth of God. And just as with our physical needs, I believe it will be most often the situation that we will need to "work" for this bread as well - that is, we need to get into His word and read it daily for our spiritual well-being.
Too many people try to eat their week's allotment of spiritual food on Sunday morning, but that's not how eating works. Eating ought to happen every day, both physically and spiritually. Jesus set us an example by going out by himself every morning to be alone with His heavenly Father, and because He is our Lord and we desire to follow in His footsteps, we should do likewise. There are some who believe this morning devotional time can just as well be prayer and meditation without reading the Word, and while that might work in a pinch, the folks who rely on this method often fall into the trap of being unable to distinguish between the different voices we all hear: God, the flesh, our enemy the devil, culture, traditions, and so on.
Recent studies have found a measurable improvement in the lives of those who read their Bibles every day, both in their ability to say no to sin, their ability to engage in desirable Christian behavior, and an increased level of hope and resilience. This isn't the result of the Bible being "smart" or a really good self-help book. This is the effect of the living word of God growing in our hearts out of the seeds this book plants within us. The same God whose mere words brought existence out of nothingness also gives us His words for every corner of our lives.
So if you haven't made daily Bible reading a habit, I emplore you to start today, both for your own good as well as the people in your life who need you at your best! Wouldn't it be great if these words found in Psalm 1 described you? "But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, And on His Law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers." (Ps 1:2-3 NASB)