Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the LORD to be kept throughout your generations.” As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept. The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Imagine eating the same food for 40 years. Each day you went out and gathered the same food. Each day you prepared the same food. Each day you ate the same food. It is doubtful many of us would like that. Remember, however, when this food method was provided by God it was not intended to be for 40 years. They 40 years came about because of their disobedience after spying out the land. The mana was supposed be temporary until they entered the promise land. God was using the mana simply to get them to the promised land. But their failing to wanting to take the promise land would cast this burden upon them. Our disobedience always makes things harder for us. Obedient living puts you into the promised land. Remember, God wants to bless us with more. We hinder that blessing because of disobedience.
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