“Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.” – Exodus 16v4
I never cease to be amazed at God’s grace and mercy. After only a month of travel the food supply began to run low. One might think that the people would trust God to meet their needs. One might expect them to simply ask the Lord to meet their needs. However, the people did what they did best, the complained about their condition. Their moaning is almost beyond belief. “Oh that we were still slaves in Egypt. It would have been better to die there than to be killed by God here.” These were the same people who had begged God for deliverance, who now were whinging because He did it!
Yet, once again, God shows His mercy and supplies bread from heaven for them. This is a marvellous picture of God’s mercy and grace. These folks deserved nothing from God. They were due His wrath. Gives them what they don’t deserve, their manna, and does not give them what they do deserve, His punishment.
Why does God do this? Verse twelve has the answer – so that they might know that He is the Lord their God. Over and over God shows this and over and over the people forget. It is sad that we can by just like those people. God shows us His mercy and grace and the next time trouble comes we start complaining. Contentment with what God gives us must come first. Just like Israel, we base our view of Him on Him doing things our way, not His way.
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