Exodus 16:4 "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Look, I"m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they can for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they follow my instruction."
We live in a time of unknowns--the opportunity for fear creeps in on every side. We worry about our finances and how we will make it to the end of the month; we worry about our jobs and if we will have one or not in the coming weeks; we worry about our health and if we will ever find healing or understanding. Our wonder is consumed by fear for all that we can't forsee.
God recently brought the story of the Israelites to my mind. Each day God would rain manna from the sky--just enough to get them through that day. God expected them to go to bed trusting that He would provide again for them in the morning. It even states that God tested them to see whether or not they obeyed and trusted in what He promised them. The stories of old are still the stories of today. If God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow then why is it that we don't apply the stories of old to the situations we face today? Our human spirit longs to store up, to feel secure by our surroundings, to go to bed knowing exactly how tomorrow and the future will unfold; however, God longs to be our enough, our security, and our hope.
When you find yourself in a situation of the unknown, God only asks you to take it one day at a time.
God longs for you to awake with confidence and to give your all to the circumstances and blessings that He has given you for that day. The future isn't ours to know. Build your strength on the manna of today, go to bed full and awake tomorrow knowing that Your God will never leave you or forsake you.
Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in bards, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are?
