Wondered by the Word — The Bible in a YearSample
Never Satisfied
Key Verse: Numbers 11:4-6
“The riffraff among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, Who will feed us meat? We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”
The Israelites were just rescued from bondage in Egypt and Moses was leading them through the wilderness to a land promised for the people of God. Because Pharaoh refused to set them free, they also witnessed God bring 10 plagues upon Egypt and Pharaoh while the Israelites were left unscathed. Now they were journeying through the wilderness and the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from camp (Numbers 10:34).
The people were supernaturally fed daily by bread from heaven called “manna.” After being enslaved by the Egyptians, the manna served the purpose of teaching them to depend solely on the Lord for their sustenance. The Israelites experienced and witnessed God’s hand daily and yet they complained. They even wished they were back in the bondage the Lord had delivered them from.
If we are honest with ourselves we can be a lot like the Israelites. We become so focused on getting to the next stage in our life that we forget to be thankful for how far God has already brought us. Other times, we are in such a hurry to get to the next stage in our life that we miss what God is presently doing in our lives.
This week as you read through the book of Numbers, I encourage you to write down all the ways in which you are seeing God’s hand in your life. Then take a moment to simply thank God for who He is, all that He’s done, and all that He is doing. Remember the day that you came to know Christ? If He doesn’t do anything else, the fact that He saved you from the bondage of sin is more than enough. Simply developing a daily practice of gratitude changes how we perceive God. Rather than complaining, let’s make a choice to be thankful for the provision we have today.
(Written by Jennifer Lucy Tyler)
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About this Plan
Have you ever wanted to read the Bible in a year, chronologically, and have room to catch up for those inevitably busy days? In this reading plan, you’ll find all of that! Go through God’s word in one year, from beginning to end, six days a week. And as you do, God is going to speak into your life!
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