God provided the manna in the wilderness. But the people complained—it wasn’t like the food they were used to eating in Egypt. They wanted meat, but where was Moses to get enough meat to feed all those people? There were at least 600,000 Hebrew people on foot, plus others that rode horses, donkeys, or in wagons during the exodus from Egypt. Moses had a good talk with the Lord—explaining that the burden of caring for all those people was just too much for him to bear. The Lord was merciful and had Moses appoint seventy elders to help. Those seventy men were anointed with the Holy Spirit, just as Moses was, and they prophesied. As He promised, the Lord with His infinite power did provide meat—quail—more than enough for everyone for a month. Those who were greedy were struck down with a plague and died. God does not put up with whining and complaining—or greed. Have we learned a lesson from this?
Prayer ~ Holy Spirit—fill me with wisdom and understanding that I may apply the lesson of being content with what is provided. I don’t want to be like those Hebrew people who complained or like those who were greedy. Let all that I do, say, or even think be pleasing to You.
© 2015 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.
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