Scripture to Read: Exodus 17:1–7
As we ended Exodus 16:31–35, we learned that the nation of Israel named the bread “manna,” which means “What is it?” based on the question they asked in Exodus 16:15. God provided for the Israelites for forty years (Exodus 16:35). As Awesome as this miracle is, God provided a greater miracle through Himself in the Person of Christ our Lord. Even when Jesus fed the five thousand in John 6, they came looking for Him because He fed them. Jesus told them in John 6:32–33, 35, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.” 35 “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.” Then the Israelites followed the command of our Lord (Exodus 17:1) and journeyed from Sin to Rephidim, but there was no water in Rephidim. Since God had provided all along the way so far, we would think the Israelites would know He’d provide again. Did they trust God? NO! They quarreled and grumbled against Moses. But God told Moses in Exodus 17:6, “…I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it.….” God provided again despite the Israelites’ lack of faith in Him!
Challenge & Application
· Christ is “the bread of life” who feeds us spiritually, meeting our every spiritual need. So how does He fill you daily?
· How have you seen God miraculously work even when you lacked faith in Him?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!