Exodus 16 | Encouragement for Today

The “manna” story has been on my heart the last several days, and how living in the day only, with thanksgiving for that day…

Exodus 16:4 – Then the Lord said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. The people can go out each day and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether they will follow my instructions.”

Then the folks tried to gather tomorrow’s portion for that day, which is what many of us would most likely do, especially “Type A” people like me! LOL

Exodus 16:19-20 – Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it for tomorrow. But some of them did not listen to Moses and saved part of it.” The next morning it was full of worms and smelt rotten, and Moses was angry with them.

Hmmmm, so how many times do I have to remember this lesson?

God gives us what we need for TODAY!

So yesterday for the first time in a while, we went out in the Jeep, and just enjoyed the beauty of His creation and existed on the day’s manna, and a little bbque!

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34

Be Encouraged Today!

Tammy

Are we to live the Christian life only in the present?

Think about that question. We all face trials and tribulations in our lives. It is unavoidable. My own life is no exception.

But what good does it do us to fear? Can we quit worrying about what the future holds and just live in this day? It is hard sometimes to stay in that “surrendered” mode, and it can often times even appear as apathy, but in reality it is rest. God provided it for us.

Two girls that I know and love own and run the local mercantile http://www.southernillinoismercantileco.com . They designed a new shirt that they sell that says: “Go Out and Gather Manna” Ex 16:4

I have been praying about what that means to me. I have not asked the girls about it, so I do not know the meaning to them, but this is my take.

God gave just enough manna for the Israelites to make it through that day. Not tomorrow’s manna, or next week’s manna. Nothing more and nothing less, only what was needed for THAT day.

He even let them have enough on the sixth so they could rest on the seventh day! That in and of itself is a lesson!

They had to simply Trust God.

So we can choose to live fully in the present, knowing that God will somehow, someway and always provide for the day we are living in. We can rid ourselves of the “what if’s” and even the “if only’s.”

That test result that you are waiting for? Gather and eat the manna for today. The worry that you allow to cloud over you about your finances? Gather and eat the manna for today. What if the surgery does not work? Gather and eat today’s manna.

I am going to try to concentrate on that one day’s supply of manna … now. And the beauty? God will provide me just enough for my tomorrow when I wake up in the morning.