LIFE SCRIPTS

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.’ ” 17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed. 19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.” 20 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. So Moses was angry with them. 21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’ ” 24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. 26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.” 27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. 28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? 29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’ ” 33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.” 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. 36 (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)
Exodus 16:9‭-‬36 NIV
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God hearkens to the cry of His people. The scripture starts with God responding to the Israelites by summoning Moses to inform him of His provision over His people. Flakes of bread appeared on the desert sand together with flocks of quail which would feed the people…something out of nothing…provision out of need. But they were not only to enjoy the provisions but to follow God’s instructions while enjoying it…they were to gather just enough for each day and were to gather twice as much on the day before Sabbath. Those who gathered more than was required were stunned when it was invaded with maggots and started rotting. As God provides for our daily needs, He expects that we don’t deflect our trust from Him. He expects that we honor Him on the Sabbath by not working because of the faith that He’ll provide for us in days to come. However at times we fall into the trap of trusting in our abilities which makes us work overtime forgetting the Provider. God provided for Israel. But He didn’t give them manna or quail on a silver platter! They were still supposed to work in order to collect the provision God had brought their way. The same way God provides us with jobs and businesses which He expects us to put an effort to build and eat from. However, it’s not a ticket to forget the Provider. The Sabbath is to be kept and dedicated to Him.

Even while collecting the provision equality was practiced. A provision was made for the quantity that would satisfy each person, an omer. Probably others collected slightly more while others slightly less. God’s will is not necessarily equality but equity…fairness. No one had so much that others looked poor before them. But in our greed driven world today, people seek to acquire as much and even more…not driven by a desire to meet their needs but gluttony. Is it God’s will that a few billionaires live in a nation together with millions of beggars in an economy that can feed them all? Certainly not. Is God against amassing of wealth? Certainly not. But God is for equity. Let none have too much compared to others. But if it’s the case, then there’s need for redistribution of wealth because wealth has a way of making itself god over our lives. Remember the story of the Rich young Ruler? This seems to be God’s will as He provides for us.