365 Reflections

Exodus 16:16–21 (ESV)   This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’ ” 17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 19 And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.” 20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted. The Israelites ate manna for 40 years. We know that. But do we realize the routine that God put them in for those 40 years? It wasn't that God just had manna grow on the ground and walk ...

John 6:28–30 (ESV)   Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Here was a crowd that Jesus had just miraculously fed the day before. And it seems it wasn't enough. They wanted more, and they dangled belief in Him over His head as if it could be a carrot. "You want us to believe in you Jesus? Show us the bread." I find this chapter very interesting. It begins with Jesus showing compassion. It ends with people who sought only His gifts walk away from Him. Peter rightly declared, " Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." John 6:68-69 It also shows us that the main purpose of Jesus was to bring us to faith in HIM ...