The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Joshua 5:10-12,
"On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan."
When the Israelites left Egypt and began their forty year sojourn in the wilderness, the Lord provided them manna from heaven. It was a miraculous provision from the Lord to sustain them on their sojourn. In Exodus 16:4 we read, "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'I will rain down bread from heaven for you.'"
Here in Joshua 5, when Israel entered the promised land and ate the produce from it, the manna from the Lord stopped. Now that the Israelites could eat what the promised land provided, the manna was no longer necessary for them. They no longer need it. The Lord stopped providing it.
The Lord is our great provider. In Matthew 6:31-33 we read, "So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.'"
"On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan."
When the Israelites left Egypt and began their forty year sojourn in the wilderness, the Lord provided them manna from heaven. It was a miraculous provision from the Lord to sustain them on their sojourn. In Exodus 16:4 we read, "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'I will rain down bread from heaven for you.'"
Here in Joshua 5, when Israel entered the promised land and ate the produce from it, the manna from the Lord stopped. Now that the Israelites could eat what the promised land provided, the manna was no longer necessary for them. They no longer need it. The Lord stopped providing it.
The Lord is our great provider. In Matthew 6:31-33 we read, "So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.'"
There are times I'm sure I need this or that. When I don't have it, apparently, I don't need it! Contentment can be found in realizing that if the Lord didn't provide something, or stopped providing something, maybe I just don't need it.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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