When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands (Psalm 128:2), you could call that the bread of blessing which God gives. When you eat the fruit of the labor of others hands, because you are sick or disabled, you could call that the bread of charity, which God gives through people. When you don’t eat food because you are busy serving God, you could call that the bread of obedience. Jesus described the food He “ate” like this in John 4:32.
So which is better? Which is a blessing? Ah, these are where the humble and the thankful have it all.
In the normal course of things, we work and we gather harvest or earn money and we eat what God has strengthened us to get in order to be strengthened by. Work, and eat, and thank the Lord.
In the normal course of things, some are weaker, or have an accident/injury, and if they are blessed to live in a community of those who are not sick or post-surgery, at least at the same time, they receive the gift of God through others. Give, and receive, and thank the Lord.
And in the normal course of things for disciples of Christ, there is a kind of satisfaction, a filling, when we know we are doing our heavenly Father’s will. Sow obedience, serve the Lord, and skipping a meal won’t be a big deal.
You must not be too lazy to work for your bread, or too proud to accept others bread, or too short-sighted to think that a piece of bread is your life. Be not lazy, proud, or worldly.