Monday, November 12, 2007

11.12.07 -- RE:ading: Exodus 16:1-26, 31


RE:flect

Are you content to have what you have now? If, I assume, that you are in right standing with the Lord… are you content with what you have.

We really have no excuse. Many of us have 3-4 Bibles at home, most Christians in the world don’t even have one. We have cell-phones, iPODs that cost more than a years wages for the bottom 2 Billion of the world. But let me ask you this…

Are you trusting God each day for your daily bread “your daily needs”. Are you willing to allow him to bless you each day? Would you rather get it all on Sunday for the week? Of the 1st of the Month? We should not assume that God has changed his motivations for his church, and each of us individually.

RE:act

God told Moses that he would test the nation of Israel through the simple instructions to only take what you need each day. Some failed the test. Here is a simple thing to contemplate this week—can you change your focus over the next five days. Will you remember a portion of The Lord’s Prayer each morning? Give us today our daily needs(bread)

That meant our daily material needs. It is a difficult thing—in a culture of credit cards and Sam’s club sized portions—to think of life this way. I have 40 cans of soup in our pantry—enough for a month. I think our temptations with processed food and refrigeration are even greater. And we lose our daily trust in God in a more deadly and silent way. Determine to not let this happen to you!

RE:ply

Lord, you are the giver of life. The giver of every breath. I cannot do anything without you.
Lord, I thank you for what I have. Please show me through your word, other’s advice and my own convictions what I need to get rid of in my life.
Lord, I wish to be content and living with faith in you. Show me what this should mean.
Lord, I love you. I need you. I am made for you. Fulfill my soul in ways I can only dream of.

Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one. “ (Matthew 6:11-13)

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