Wednesday: He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. (Deuteronomy 8:3 NASB)
I love to eat. I hate being hungry. It's uncomfortable. It makes me feel weak. After a while, it consumes my thought. God makes an interesting point here pertaining to hunger... sometimes he allows it. He allows it for a purpose. The purpose: to make us understand that those items for which we hunger are not the source of our life.
Whatever you may be hungering after today, remember that The Father wants us hungering for Him above everything else. He desires for us to hunger for "everything that proceeds out of the mouth of The Lord." What would change today if this was our focus and perspective? Our attitude? Our expectation?
One other important thought: God satisfied that hunger in Deut. 8:3 with something that they and their ancestors "did not know." In fact, manna literally means, "what is it?" Often, The Lord answers in a way in which we couldn't have predicted or manufactured.
Perhaps today is the day to lay down our preconceived notions of how God is going to come through and answer that prayer or fulfill our heart's desire. Maybe it's time to ask Him to help us live by everything coming out of His mouth today. Maybe it's time to eat a little manna, even if we don't know what it is or understand the source God uses.
I love to eat. I hate being hungry. It's uncomfortable. It makes me feel weak. After a while, it consumes my thought. God makes an interesting point here pertaining to hunger... sometimes he allows it. He allows it for a purpose. The purpose: to make us understand that those items for which we hunger are not the source of our life.
Whatever you may be hungering after today, remember that The Father wants us hungering for Him above everything else. He desires for us to hunger for "everything that proceeds out of the mouth of The Lord." What would change today if this was our focus and perspective? Our attitude? Our expectation?
One other important thought: God satisfied that hunger in Deut. 8:3 with something that they and their ancestors "did not know." In fact, manna literally means, "what is it?" Often, The Lord answers in a way in which we couldn't have predicted or manufactured.
Perhaps today is the day to lay down our preconceived notions of how God is going to come through and answer that prayer or fulfill our heart's desire. Maybe it's time to ask Him to help us live by everything coming out of His mouth today. Maybe it's time to eat a little manna, even if we don't know what it is or understand the source God uses.
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