The Manna that Never Spoils

UV 4154/10000 The Manna that Never Spoils He humbled you and allowed you to be hungry and fed you with manna, ( a substance) which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, so that He might make you understand ( by personal experience) that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. Deuteronomy 8 v 3 Our lives are often like the Israelites wandering in the desert of Egypt for forty years. The Lord allows us to wander till we find our life in Him, our path in His Son Jesus. Only when man is humbled, does he even begin to understand the extent of God’s grace, wisdom and power. He teaches us through our personal experiences in the desert of life. We, like the Israelites will realize that the most vital aspect of life that sustains us, nourishes us, empowers, enables us, is the word of God. The promise and the hope it triggers is more significant than the promised land. The presence of God is more important for our sustenance than His blessings and presents. We learn how to live, how to live well, how to succeed, how to be victorious over sin, over our frailties, vulnerabilities, weaknesses, difficulties, crises, how to overcome our enemies, our antagonists, our opponents, how to find and enjoy peace, how to obtain eternal life- all from the word of God. When Adam and Eve chose to believe the word of satan over the word of God, satan’s promises over God’s command and warning, they fell from grace. They lost their place as the crown of God’s creation, next only to the angels in spiritual importance and power. When our faith is restored to trust in God’s word, we are restored to Eden. We can eat of the fruit of the tree of wisdom and the fruit of the tree of eternal life. In fact, the word makes us not only consumers of wisdom and eternal or abundant, infinite, spiritual life but also its producers, distributors, messengers, workers. God’s word is the manna from heaven that is bitter like medicine in our mouths and minds but sweet and health-inducing in our inner being. This manna does not spoil. It can be stored in the heart and soul. It satisfies our spiritual thirst and hunger, heals, delivers, empowers, enables, strengthens. Every word and phrase in God’s word has power of life. When applied it is like foundation rock but when it is only heard but not revered, obeyed, it is like water off the duck’s back.