Exodus 16:31, The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
The Hebrew word manna sounds like what is it? This was something they had never seen before, this bread of heaven. The manna is described as white, and looking like flakes on the ground, remember I compared them to Frosted flakes. They tasked like wafers made with honey, which sounds pretty good to me. But for these Israelites, they had no idea what this was. Moses had to explain it to them.
And if we are honest, doesn’t God work that way in our lives as well. Things happen and we have no idea what is going on, how things came about, where they are going, what is going to happen. And this is not just bad things, often good things happen to us and we are beside ourselves trying to figure them out or explain them. And maybe like the Israelites, all we can ask is what is this? What is happening? How can this work?
The Israelites ate the manna for forty years while they were in the desert. God provided it every day for them, expect the seventh. Honestly, isn’t that often how God provides for us? The ways of God are beyond our understanding. We cannot see how things work, what the next step is, where this is going. But God is always there and always in control. Rest assured that when we say, “What is it?” God knows completely.
Father, thank you for your care. In Jesus’ name, amen.
The Hebrew word manna sounds like what is it? This was something they had never seen before, this bread of heaven. The manna is described as white, and looking like flakes on the ground, remember I compared them to Frosted flakes. They tasked like wafers made with honey, which sounds pretty good to me. But for these Israelites, they had no idea what this was. Moses had to explain it to them.
And if we are honest, doesn’t God work that way in our lives as well. Things happen and we have no idea what is going on, how things came about, where they are going, what is going to happen. And this is not just bad things, often good things happen to us and we are beside ourselves trying to figure them out or explain them. And maybe like the Israelites, all we can ask is what is this? What is happening? How can this work?
The Israelites ate the manna for forty years while they were in the desert. God provided it every day for them, expect the seventh. Honestly, isn’t that often how God provides for us? The ways of God are beyond our understanding. We cannot see how things work, what the next step is, where this is going. But God is always there and always in control. Rest assured that when we say, “What is it?” God knows completely.
Father, thank you for your care. In Jesus’ name, amen.