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It didn’t seem to matter what God commanded – the people had to find something to
gripe about and they had to test the
boundaries He’d set! They complained
because they no longer had the “fleshpots” of Egypt to eat. God had gotten them to this point for a reason,
though: “I want to see if the people
will do what I teach them.” He set about
bringing them mannah every morning except the Sabbath and gave them specific
instructions regarding its collection.
And true to form, lots of people decided to try to game the system.
They tried gathering extra, but God leveled out the amounts
collected so that every person had just enough.
Sometimes He allowed them to
try to save extra, and then let it turn rancid and spoil to teach them to
obey. Some tried to gather it on the
Sabbath and found none. After a few days
of this, God finally said, “How long
will you people refuse to obey My
commands and teachings?” They weren’t
letting God be God. Like us today, they
rebelled against any rule He made,
just to show they could, and in
spite of the fact that what He commanded was for their good!
Father, our sin nature is so insidious! We’d rather cut off our noses to spite our
faces, not trusting You to love us more than we even love ourselves. Our hearts are deceitful above all else.
When You give us commands, please help us to just do it rather than disobeying, so that we can see that You are good and have Your best planned for us.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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