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~ A Gentle Spirit ~
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Pastor Jeanne Stewart, Oklahoma
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http://simplyspokenword.blogspot.com/
New Every Morning
Imagine
with me the bread section of your local grocery store. Several times, once or
twice a week the delivery truck drops off all kinds of segmented or packaged breads
into the receiving area. Then these items for consumption are routed and placed
within their own sections on the bread aisle. The early morning shoppers are
seen squeezing the desired tasty grains for freshness just before their purchase.
Next
experience with me the aroma wafting from the direction of an in-store deli-bakery.
The first batch of the morning’s fresh baked cinnamon raisin bread has just
come out of the ovens. Whiffs of freshly made varieties of grains bring the
early morning shoppers into the bakery area to purchase the freshest of the just-baked breads.
Now
tell me, which would you most want? Freshly-packaged diversity of breads
trucked in up to three times a week or freshly-baked varieties of delicious
grains made new every morning for that days consumption?
As
believers in the One True God, our daily provision of bread comes in two
varieties. One feeds and fuels the physical body to exist and live while the
other’s intention is to feed and equip the soul for spiritual power and
strength.
Fresh Manna is our Bread
“He had commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven, had
rained down manna on them to eat and given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate
angels’ food; He sent them food to the full.” (Psalm 78:23-25)
Every
morning, first thing, God provided food for His children in the wilderness
journey. The food was a form of bread called manna and was only fresh for that day’s meal. The children of
Israel were not to take any of that day’s food into the next day without it evaporating
as rotten. So Father God sent the fresh bread every morning as dew from heaven to
be gathered to prepare each day’s need.
Our Faith is Only as Deep as Our Difficulties
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not
consumed because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is
Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)
The
freshness of the Lord’s aroma wafts from faithful quality quiet time with Him before
the day actually starts. Depth in our walk of grace draws people to honor His
power and strength as we leave our homes to begin a day’s work. Spending time
in prayer and Bible study first in
our morning disciplines our spiritual person. Then Christ’s loving fragrance of
life surrounds our heart as we meditate on Him through the day. He becomes our
spiritual food of strength to deal with the difficulties of work. We must
realize that these difficulties we face can bring us deeper within a life of
righteousness as we trust our God to perform His word in us.
God helps
us deal with the issues of complicated situations that arise in life.
The
world views life like packaged bread. It begins fresh but as the day wears on into
just another calendar day of stale existence the fresh aroma fades.
We as
true believers in Jesus Christ as our Redeemer have to make our deeper walk of faith
in His grace and mercy happen by leaning on the promises of God’s Word. We will
minister help and encouragement to others only as we believe all God’s promises
can be trusted. We are set apart so we can be a blessing to others.
Just
as God fed the children of Israel and provided for their every physical need
under the old covenant, He teaches us to trust in Him as our heavenly Father under
the new covenant in Christ Jesus, His Son. One day at a time He leads us.
Remember
today that God’s Son came down from heaven for you and me so that we could be
forgiven our sins. As we allow Him to feed us the spiritual food of Himself as
manna, we can become new every morning
in His grace.
