Thurs.’s Devo - In the Wilderness of Sin

Read Ex. 16:1-12 It has been a month since God miraculously delivered them from Egypt and now they have entered the wilderness of Sin which is between Elim (mighty ones) and Sinai (thorns). True to the name, Israel sinned against the Lord and complained that there was no food and that Moses brought them here to kill them. When they complained they always brought up how good they had it in Egypt. How quickly they forgot the bondage and oppression they were under. It was familiar and this was not. It is easy to get complacent in our pit because it requires energy and change to get out. God had an answer to their problem. God has no problems - just solutions. God was going to rain down flesh and bread from heaven. The flesh would come in the evening and the bread in the morning. This would show them that God was hearing them and providing for them. The test was this: they could only gather enough for one day except on the 6th day where they had to gather twice as much so they would have it for the 7th day when God didn’t send rain. This manna represents Jesus’ manifested presence. We are living in the 6th day (the 6,000th year) and God is raining down his presence in the most real way for those who will go out and bring it in. God is giving us revelation knowledge that previous generations did not have. With the strength it gives us, we will be prepared for what comes in the 7th day (the next 7,000 years, other wise known as Millennium). I don’t understand it all, I just know that to whom much is given, much will be required. Lord, help us to live looking forward to what you are going to do, presently to what you are doing now, and retrospectly to what you have done in the past. Help us to keep our eyes off the flesh that always comes in the night seasons.