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?
