Exodus 16

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The true bread from heaven….Well let’s take a look at the bread that God gave the Israelites.



When the bread first appeared, no one knew what it was; yet it was in fact life-giving bread right before their eyes.



When they gathered it, no matter if they gathered much, or just a little it was always enough for their family.



Each day they gathered bread for that day, any extra that they tried to save for themselves until the next day was not edible.



On the sixth day they gathered twice as much, and it kept until through the seventh, so that the people would not have to work on the seventh.



They people set aside a tenth of the bread in remembrance, and thanks.



Just like the Manna from heaven:



Christ came among the people, and they did not know whom he was, yet before their eyes he was the gateway to eternal life.



No matter how much of Christ you put in your life it will always be filling. From the time you accept him as your savior to the time you cross into eternity, as long as you are searching for the filling love of Christ you will always have enough.



Just like the Manna, you have to search for Christ daily; you can’t save up a large portion, and hope that it will “hold you over”. When you try to “stuff” yourself with Christ, or you try to horde Christ for yourself, you actually dim the life giving flame of Christ. You have to feed on the bread of Christ daily, and you have to share whatever you have left. Christ is not meant to be hoarded. We should be striving to share Christ with everyone, so that we all might give Glory to God.



While we all want to work hard to spread the good news of Christ, we must remember to rest. We should all take the seventh day and use it to magnify God in our lives. We work every day, and through out that day we might periodically stop to give God thanks, but some part of our mind will be pre-occupied with work. There is always the “task at hand” On the seventh day, we should set aside our daily tasks, and not only give God thanks, but take the time to receive all of the love and attention that he wants to give us. We often use Sunday as a day set aside to give to the Lord, but we should also remember to use that day to receive as well. Church is a great place to loudly voice your thanks, but most of all it is a gathering place for us to receive his message, his love, his grace, and his compassion. We should be leaving Church with more than we came with. Not less.



Lastly we should remember to give back in remembrance and thanks. Why should we not? Just like the bread for heaven, the Lord will always give us enough……it might not be as much as we think we need….but it will be enough. As a result there will always be enough to give back, we might not get that new golf club, or that new purse….but I digress.


Peace,
Brian