All during Israel's 40 years in the desert God provided food. Moses pointed out that by
providing manna to eat, the people learn that man does not live on bread alone
but on every word that come from the mouth of the Lord. Most of us have never
known serious or chronic hunger. You have never lacked bread. This abundance
creates the illusion that we can rely on what we obtain. We worked for the
money, went to the store, paid for the bread, brought it home, and prepared it.
Where is God in that equation?
The great irony is that while
most of us and our neighbors eat well, many people retain a spiritual hunger
they cannot satisfy. The Israelite's physical hunger became an illustration of
an important spiritual principle. Our lack of physical hunger threatens to
prevent us from seeing this principle. Our spiritual hunger should lead us to
turn to God who provides “the bread of
life” (John 6:35 ). If
skeptics are honest, they usually admit to feeling that the gnawing spiritual
hunger. This where a believer can help them see how God has provided for them (For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. John 3:16). Amen?
