What Shall We Eat (Ex. 16:1-3)

5/16/2008 7:02 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time           Focus:  What shall we eat?

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Exodus 16:1-3

            Message of the verses:  “1 ¶  Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.  2  The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.  3  The sons of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the LORD’S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’”

            There are times when the things that you wish for you actually get, and when you get them you really don’t want them after all. Such would be the case of the older generation of the children of Israel who saw all of God’s miracles, but as the writer to the book of Hebrews writes, they did not enter His rest.  All the children of Israel saw the mighty miracles that God performed in order to get the out of their slavery as He had promised long ago to Abraham, He is leading them every step of the way bringing them exactly what they need, and yet there is a great lack of faith on their part to trust Him each day to provide for their needs.  They would continue to grumble against Moses, which was really against the Lord, until there came a day when they got what it was that they feared, and that is the entire generation with the exception of Joshua and Caleb would die in the wilderness because of their lack of faith and trust in the Lord to do what He promised to do.

           

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  One of the many things that I have to learn in my walk with the Lord is not to grumble to other people in my life, especially to my wife, for when I am doing this grumbling it is actually to the Lord and not to the one actually hearing it for I think at times the things that I am irritable about are tests from the Lord, things like traffic, misplacing things, and of course the weather.  I would pray that my grumbling would stop, or that whenever I begin to do this that the Spirit of the Lord would convict me over it and then I would stop and take time to confess this lack of faith to the Lord, for He controls all things that come into my life, and I should begin to trust Him more.  It seems that I can trust Him for the big things, but not the small everyday things.

My Steps of Faith for Today:  As I go to meet with Andy this morning, I believe with all of my heart that this is what God wants me to do.  I have just read through the message, “When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong” that God gave me back in March when I was going to teach a Sunday School class and was nervous about like I am this morning, and it was good to go over this message for it adds to what I want to talk to Andrew about.  Tests and contentment have to go together, and this is the message not only for me but also to give to Andy.

            I want to learn contentment, and I want to be yoked with my Lord this day.

Memory verses for the week:                      Matthew 11:28-30

28.    Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest.

29.    Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30.    For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.   

30.