Contentment in the Wilderness

Are you clinging to old ways, trying to hold on to the past or temporal things that will not last the test of time? Sometimes holding on to the past is to hold onto bitterness, resentment or seeking revenge for past hurts. Maybe it’s clinging to old, familiar patterns of life because you fear an […]

When God Does Deliver

When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat. – Exodus 16:18 And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over […]

What You Really Need to Live

How much do you need to live? In Exodus 16, the Israelites have just left Egypt and are complaining about their lack of food. “You have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger,” they tell Moses (3, NASB). God told Moses that he would provide “bread from heaven” for […]

Only What You Need

God wants us to learn to trust him to provide, to wait on Him. He wants us to shed our wants and focus on what we really need.

When Manna Ceases

Years ago I lost my job after the firm I was working for lost a major client. Some people I knew at a major corporation heard about it and offered me a contract job. A few days later I was working on a project as a temporary worker doing similar work. The income was just […]