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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 16:1-12
Murmurings before the Red Sea (Exodus 14:11-12), at Marah (Exodus 15:24), again in the desert of Sin (Exodus 16:2), soon after at Rephidim (Exodus 17:3)! Alas, it is indeed a faithful mirror of our own hearts, so ready to forget "the mercy of God which endureth for ever". A few days earlier, this people were singing with all their hearts the song of deliverance. Now they are murmuring against Moses and against Aaron. In reality their complaints are raised against God (v. 8). Dear believers in the Lord, let us remember that if we are discontented with others or the circumstances in which we find ourselves it is in reality God with whom we are not satisfied.
And as to worrying about things we need for this life — is it not an affront to the One who has said: "Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink . . . sufficient unto the day" (Matthew 6:25; ; Matthew 6:34; see also Psalms 23:1)? He Himself has known what it was to be in the desert and hunger there. But in complete submission, He rejected the wiles of the tempter. He waited on God, with fullest confidence, for the answer to His needs.
What patience on the LORD’S part! Instead of chastising the people, He begins by showing them His glory (vv. 7, 10) and undertakes to satisfy their hunger.
