September 17 – Exodus 16:9-21
September 17 – Exodus 16:9-21
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9 Then
Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of
Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord,
for he has heard your grumbling.’” 10 And as soon
as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked
toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 And
the Lord said to
Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the
people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat,
and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know
that I am the Lord your
God.’”
13 In the
evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew
lay around the camp. 14 And when the dew had gone
up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as
frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel
saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”[a] For
they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the
bread that the Lord has
given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it,
each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer,[b] according
to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” 17 And
the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But
when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left
over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as
he could eat. 19 And Moses said to them, “Let no
one leave any of it over till the morning.” 20 But
they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning,
and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 Morning
by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun
grew hot, it melted.
Why is it so hard for us
to be obedient to God? Here we see that the Israelites who gathered an excess
of manna and this excess of manna bred worms and stank. God had a plan for His
people and Moses made it very clear how to collect the food and survive. I, too, find myself being disobedient to God
so I can certainly identify with His chosen people. I also find myself doubting
God’s provisions at times. I find myself feeling fear and that is when I
typically act out and am disobedient. Why
would I even go down that road? As I look back at my life, I have always had
ENOUGH. That is all I need. Check yourself and see if you, too, struggle with
obedience to God and doubting Him. If the answer is yes, ask for forgiveness.
Oh, Heavenly Father, how
much I have to learn from the Israelites.
I suffer from many of the things that they did. Fear, selfishness and all that brings me to
disobedience. If only they…I could learn
from the first time of seeing You and how You take care of them…me, I could
have avoided so much heartache. I have
allowed fear especially to torture me at times.
Satan has used fear to bring me to anger, distrust and of course
disobedience so often, I’m ashamed, Lord.
I am ashamed at how I have acted at times. I’m amazed, yet I’m not amazed, at how You
forgive me and treat me the very same, no matter what I do. I just have to come to You repentant. You love me in a way that doesn’t make sense
to the world. Why would it? This world is being run by people who listen
to the enemy. They can’t listen to You
because they don’t hear You, because they don’t know You. I am so fortunate to know You. Help me to hear You and listen to You as
well. Help me shut out the noise of the
world, the lies, and the enemy to hear You, Your love and Your truth…the
truth. Help me hear only You!
In Jesus’ name.
Amen!
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