Have you ever been guilty of grumbling or complaining in the midst of your circumstances? I remember once after taking the kids to Disney hearing complaints about the boring ride home.  I didn’t receive those complaints well.  Only a short time after God has rescued the people of Israel from Egypt and shown miraculous signs, they begin complaining greatly.  God receives His people’s complaints and grumbling better than I did for sure. Once again God provides for them.  Let’s look at the account today.

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions… 9 Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud. 11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’” 13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’”

One thing about God that is consistently true throughout Scripture is that He never leads people to a place and then leaves them to their own devices.  When God is leading people He provides for them.  It’s when the people of Israel wander off and do things their own way that God allows them to suffer the consequences.  Even then when they cry out He rescues them.  The question for us today is are we following God’s path and leading or are we going our own way?  Following God’s path is gonna work out a lot better for us.  I pray that we would all follow the path that God has laid out for us.  It’s not always an easy path but God is always with us!

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave