https://odb.org/2024/10/17/gods-provision
It is one of the great and amazing miracles in the Bible that the Israelites could survive in the desert for 40 years without any proper farming. In fact, a whole new generation was raised in the wilderness to enter the Promised Land with Caleb and Joshua. To put the scale in perspective, there were about 600,000 able bodied male adults (20 years and above) who were delivered from Egypt, and if we were to include women and children, the Israelites in total should number circa 2 million.
God fed them manna from heaven every day, where a new ration will come in the next morning, and they were to take as much as they needed for their daily needs. The manna can not be kept overnight except for the ration that came on the day before the Sabbath, which would last two days. It speaks of the daily provision of God in our lives, that as believers, we somehow will never go hungry. God provided water from the rock that Moses struck with his staff. The Israelites were not moving about in the wilderness in those forty years as they actually spent most of their time in an oasis south of Canaan called Kadesh Barnea. As much as God is a God of miracles, He is also practical in using nature, which is also His creation and provision for humanity.
An important lesson for us today, I believe, is that no matter how much we may be struggling in our lives, our God will meet our needs. He will ensure that we will not starve. In fact, over time, He will prosper us and give us an abundant life here on earth, a life that is filled with His love, joy, and peace. Do our part. Obey Him and serve Him. Believe in His provision and providence. Commit our lives to Him. He is El-Shaddai, the Almighty God, the All Sufficient One. He is Jehovah Jireh, our provider. Amen!
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