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\u201cAnd when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.\u201d \u2013 Exodus 16:15<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.\u201d \u2013 Psalm 37:25-26<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAre not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.\u201d \u2013 Luke 12:6-7<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Scripture Reading: Exodus 16<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a rare moment of true peace and quiet at 4265 Heather Drive. I just shut my phone off (sorry to my texting friends), shut Alexa off (she never listens, anyway), and put a pause on the endless to-do list that constantly scrolls in my head. God is forever working on me, and I feel Him gently pulling me into a more proactive season, after months of being in reactive mode to the curve balls of life. But I have one last reaction I have to get off my chest, so bear with me as I praise God for what He\u2019s doing in me and my home these days.<\/span><\/p>\n

You see, we\u2019re on what I call the \u201cManna Plan\u201d right now. Circumstances have shifted, and we find ourselves in a place where life is a bit out of order and unpredictable. It\u2019s been an adjustment on many levels, but more and more, I see God doing us a world of good in this season, in every imaginable way, and His morning-by-morning faithfulness never ceases to amaze me.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Exodus 16, God initiates the original Manna Plan, and it is not exactly well-received. It comes on the heels of a praise service that quickly turned into a protest. You see, just two chapters earlier, God had performed what is arguably one of the grandest Old Testament miracles, the parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14). He turned an uncrossable obstacle into giant walls of water, and then marched millions of Israelites through the world\u2019s first aquarium on a bone-dry highway, before giving Pharaoh\u2019s army an unceremonious burial at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Incredible, right? Who could doubt God\u2019s sovereignty and provision after that? Well, the Israelites could (and in truth, I\u2019m often not much better). Although they praised God for His deliverance all through Chapter 15, by Chapter 16, everybody\u2019s hungry, and the Red Sea is blocking the road back to the buffet in Egypt (Exodus 16:2-3, Psalm 106:7-15).<\/span><\/p>\n

Even more incredibly, God responds to the protest with provision. When the Israelites raise a corporate complaint, God rains down manna to meet their needs, but it\u2019s worth noting that the provision comes with a <\/span>proving<\/i><\/b> (Psalm 26:2, 66:10, Hebrews 11:6). In Exodus 16:4, God reveals to Moses that He will use the manna to test His people in a few significant ways (Deuteronomy 8:3,16), and if you\u2019re like me, God may be testing you in these ways right now, too:<\/span><\/p>\n

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