Bread of Heaven

"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.' . . . When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, 'What is it?' for they did not know what it was.

"Moses said to them, 'It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat. This is what the LORD has commanded: "Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer [about two liters] for each person you have in your tent." ' The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed. . . The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey." (Exodus 16:4, 15-18, 31)

"Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD." (Deuteronomy 8:2, 3)

"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Psalm 119:103

Manna,
The Father's gift,
Delights the hung'ring soul.
Discover fresh from Him each day
Your bread.

Search deep!
Old truths conceal
The new. Search on! Once fed,
The soul has only deeper need
For Him! --MM

MaryMartha

Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.