Do you hunger? Daily, you say? Me, too!
Each and every day of the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the desert, God provided for them. On that first morn the foreign substance drifted down from heaven, they exclaimed of the flakes; “What is it?” And the name stuck. Manna – Hebrew for what is it.
Isn’t that what the crowds asked of Jesus? Who is He? Isn’t He Joseph’s son; a Nazarene; a carpenter; prophet; teacher; Elijah?
God’s provision for the redeemed captives sustained life and fed the hungry. What He did for them physically was a typology of what He would do for us spiritually. The manna of the desert sustained for a day, the Manna to come would sustain eternally.
And what of this daily bread, this modern Manna?
Each and every day of the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the desert, God provided for them. On that first morn the foreign substance drifted down from heaven, they exclaimed of the flakes; “What is it?” And the name stuck. Manna – Hebrew for what is it.
Isn’t that what the crowds asked of Jesus? Who is He? Isn’t He Joseph’s son; a Nazarene; a carpenter; prophet; teacher; Elijah?
God’s provision for the redeemed captives sustained life and fed the hungry. What He did for them physically was a typology of what He would do for us spiritually. The manna of the desert sustained for a day, the Manna to come would sustain eternally.
And what of this daily bread, this modern Manna?
"I am the bread of life.
Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert,
yet they died.
But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,
which a man may eat and not die.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
This bread is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the world."
Jesus: Manna from Heaven, Living Bread. Jesus completely satisfies every spiritual hunger.
There was no longer a physical need for manna for the Israelites once they reached the Promised Land. As His church, we take communion with Him and His people in memoriam until His return when we need take it no more. But until then we have daily need. And we have a God that faithfully provides for our daily needs.
There was no longer a physical need for manna for the Israelites once they reached the Promised Land. As His church, we take communion with Him and His people in memoriam until His return when we need take it no more. But until then we have daily need. And we have a God that faithfully provides for our daily needs.
Do we bother to come to the table? Hands turned heavenward for filling? Open minds and hearts ready for nourishment?
I am reminded of the bread of the Presence that was to be offered to God daily in the Tabernacle and, later, the Temple. Only members of the priesthood could partake of the bread of the Presence. As His modern priesthood, may we thankfully break the bread in remembrance, celebration, and anticipation representative of Him being among us. Of the life He abundantly provides in Him.
When a new day dawns, I turn to Him to fill my every need, my deepest longings. My soul is nourished and filled afresh every morning with Bread from Heaven, His Word; and the Bread of Life, His Son.
I offer my first fruits to Him and receive His daily provision. Trying to give Him my best before the day starts gnawing away. I feel better prepared to handle what the day may throw at me.
With spring in the air and Easter on the approaching horizon, look to heaven and receive His grace, knowing to understand it is to only exclaim; “what is it?”
My Very Sustenance of Life; You faithfully give us our daily bread that never spoils. I am humbled by Your goodness. I give thanks for Your bountiful gifts in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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Thank you for sharing your heart.