Who is your source? This weekend Pastor Devin Gough continued our MOSES series with a message about trusting God for provision.
Exodus 16:17-18
So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot of manna, some only a little. But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.
After God led the people to the wilderness, he provided food for them daily. Why daily? Because Israel wanted security, but God wanted relationship.
1) God will empty what you used to depend on.
God brought them to the wilderness to grow them. Growth happens in seasons of discomfort, as you learn the difference between your RESOURCES and your SOURCE.
2) God will give you just as much as you need.
God could have given Israel a forty-year supply, but instead he taught them to look each morning for his provision.
Dependence is not a weakness, it is discipleship.
If God had given them more than a daily supply, they would have trusted in their storehouse, not their Provider.
3) God cares more about your formation than your provision.
Israel needed to learn a new way because the Egypt living in them was worse than the Egypt they had been living in. The goal wasn’t food, the goal was formation.
The real miracle in the desert wasn’t the bread, it was God staying faithful to a people who weren’t faithful to him! The miracle of God’s love and mercy is still a daily reality for all of us in Christ!
