Seize the Moment – Day 470
God’s Powerful Provision!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, June 30.
Have you ever had food or water insecurity? Do you know what it is like to not know where your next meal or drink will come from?
God had rescued the Israelites with powerful signs and wonders! There was no doubt of God’s power because He has put it on display for all to know and see. But life went on from the big moments and the ordinary needs of the daily journey into the desert started to become a reality, such as their daily need for food and water. When their needs weren’t being met, the people grumbled against their leaders.
Listen to Exodus 16:6-7 as Moses and Aaron gave them God’s answer: “At evening you will know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt; and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, for He hears your grumblings against the Lord; and what are we, that you grumble against us?”
God responded with awesome displays of His sufficiency: the quail covered the camp in the evening (v. 13) and manna covered the ground in the morning (vv. 14-21). The people learned that they could trust God to take care of their ordinary day-to-day needs.
God would provide for them this manna throughout their long desert journey. Listen to verse 35, “The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.”
No matter the length of your journey through the difficulties of this life, Jesus invites you to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11).
Seize the moment and trust God for your daily bread! God cares for His children. He is our sufficiency! Reach out to ask Him today.