As we go into the winter seasons, with crystallized dew on our lawns sparkle like diamonds and reminds me of God’s provision. The higher the sun rises, the more reflection shine from the tiny ice crystals on the top of the grass blades.
In Exodus 16 God promised Moses that He would “rain bread from heaven” for the Israelites who traveled through the wilderness after God had delivered them from enslavement in Egypt.
Moses witnessed, after the dew had evaporated each morning in the desert, that there was a flake-like frost on the ground. In Exodus 16:14 it describes manna as thin flakes or a fine, white flaky substance that covered the ground like a layer of frost after the dew disappeared.
When the Israelites saw the white flakes, they said, “manna” (Exodus 16:15) which means “What is it? They had never seen this “bread from heaven” which was a new creation designed by God to feed His people.
For forty years, He sent the exact amount they needed for each day until they reached Canaan, the promised land (Exodus 16:35). Like the Israelites, we may not understand all of our blessings, but God provides them.
“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord”-1 Corinthians 1:9
The manna not only fed the Hebrew people, but it also served as a reminder of God’s provision. He instructed Moses to keep a jar of it in the Ark of the Covenant along with the stone tablets of commandments (Exodus 16:32).
God knows we need reminders to praise Him for blessings and trust Him in hard times when we don’t see or understand His provision.
His lessons should remind us of God’s promises and how He fulfills them.
Like the pillars of clouds that guided the Israelites, the Bible guides us and reminds us of God’s faithfulness.
God no longer creates manna, the heavenly bread, but there are many blessings for us today.
We have the Bread of Life, the Lord Jesus Christ, living within us, when we give our lives to God. Jesus came to feed us truth and to create a path to a relationship with Him by grace. An exciting life of daily adventure.
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning, great is your faithfulness” -Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
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