Good Morning!! In Exodus, when the children of Israel gather up the manna, the "bread from heaven," Moses cautions them not to gather too much. They are to gather only as much as they need for that day, confident that tomorrow God would provide for them again. Predictably, the people ignored Moses. They gathered more than they needed, then stashed the rest for another day. But the manna resisted, and turned rotten.
"...I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."—John 6:51 (NIV)
Jesus isn't offering to give us bread,...He is offering to be our bread,...to be to us what bread is; the sustainer of life. But just as the Israelites tried to hoard the bread from heaven,
some of us are still trying to live on a past Church experience, or the strength of a religious awakening that happened years ago. But manna doesn't keep,...the Israelites couldn't live off yesterday's stored-up manna, and we cannot live off yesterday's stored-up religion. We need to replenish our supply every day.
Manna doesn't keep.
Father, God, we are hungry,...give us this day our dailey bread. Amen.
"We have an open invitation to take everything to God, in prayer."
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