Fri.’s Devo - Manna

Read Ex. 16:12 - 36 True to God’s promise he sent the quails at night and dew that turned to manna in the morning. Quails are a symbol of sluggishness because of how slowly they fly due to their weight. This seemed to exemplify the Israelites. God wanted them to soar with him but instead they were weighty with themselves. Throughout their wilderness wanderings God would feed them, water them and provide for everything they needed. Their only job was to follow the cloud and the fire. They were given simple commands to learn to follow God’s commandments but had a hard time with the smallest of requests. I wonder if it would have been hard to only take the amount of manna you needed and just leave the rest hoping it would come back the next day. Apparently so because some of them did this very thing and the manna rotted overnight and had worms. When they gathered twice they needed on the 6th day it remained good till the 7th day. Some didn’t take Moses serious and when the 7th day came they went out to gather manna and there was none. God was serious about teaching them to obey. And they seemed to be bound to do it their way. They had to learn to rest on the sabbath day. Then God told Moses to measure out an omer of manna and put it away for all the generations ahead to see it. So it supernaturally didn’t rot or turn to worms. This manna was a melt-in-your-mouth wafer. This manna was a picture of Jesus, the living Word of God that God sent from heaven to earth to bring us life. John 6: 32-35 says, “Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Lord, help us to submit to your commands and learn to follow your voice. Thank you for fresh manna everyday!