Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Manna From Heaven
I'm often suprised at the good lessons available to us in the Old Testament. If we will look with eyes ready to see, God can show us our character, our failings, and present a faith alternative.
One example I read today. This was the thousandth time I read it, and yet today something special jumped out at me.
They spoke against God, saying,
"Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?"
Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
because they did not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
Yet he commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven,
and he rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them the grain of heaven.
Man ate of the bread of the angels;
he sent them food in abundance.
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
he rained meat on them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;
he let them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.
But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.
The lesson for me today was simple: when I am in my "figurative desert", do I trust God to provide? Do I pine for the old days of abundance, or cheerfully anticipate how God will supply my needs today?
I choose faith.
~Jason
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