Yesterday's Manna

I just learned that one of my favorite bloggers has decided that they may stop writing their blog. It made me genuinely sad. I have a real affection for this lady and her husband and her family.

My first instict was to say, "No! Please stay!" But I know that she's trying to follow God and I trust her and I trust God. God has used her in my life and she has been a blessing to me. The funny thing is that, being human, when it comes to "God's Blessings" I often want to cling more to the "blessings" and less to "God".

It reminds me of Manna...

"That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 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. This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’”

The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed.
Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”

However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell."

- Exodus 16:13-20 NIV

Manna. You got what you needed at that time. If you tried to depend on yesterday's manna you ate from a bowl of corruption. (I like that phrase "...a bowl of corruption..." that'll preach!)

Yesterday's manna = Today's filth.

A life following God is scary. Too often we think we just have to let go of our sins. That's sometimes scary. But often it is more scary to let go of yesterday's blessings. But if we cling to yesterday's blessings rather than Our Lord who gave them those blessings become today's rot and corruption.

We must cling to Him and to Him only. We have to surrender each day to His full provision.

Father I believe... ...Help my unbelief.