Topic: Folly of Deception [Saturday June 13, 2015]
Text: Exodus 16:1-10
Key Verse: “Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no” (Exodus 16:4).
A certain businessman was accused by his kinsmen of not bringing up the younger generation in his town in his line of business even though he was involved in lots of philanthropic activities that benefited the community. Out of pressure, he decided to take three boys to the city for them to undergo apprenticeship and to be later established. As soon as they got to the city, they began to plot against the businessman and to poison the minds of the young men working in the establishment. One day, they forged his signature to cash huge sums of money from his different accounts. Their plot however did not succeed as the man got wind of it and nipped it in the bud. The young men were evil and scorned all the good deeds of the man to them, to their families and to the entire community. They lost every opportunity to become successful in life because of their ungrateful attitude.
In our text, the children of Israel were a bunch of ungrateful people. They were always murmuring and complaining. A people that cried endlessly over the oppression in Egypt soon forgot their ugly experiences and began to complain about the wilderness (Exodus 16:3). God was not well-pleased with their murmurings and outright rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
We must understand that any blessing obtained from God through desperation is hardly in accordance with His total will. The Almighty decided to “rain bread from heaven” for them just “to prove them”, in other words, to test them.
Believers must always allow God to take the best decision for their lives. When God proves man, many fail because of their depraved nature. Israel failed the tests of God because of their hardness of heart and unbelief. Whatever is the situation, desperation is not the option. Believe God totally.
Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 22-25
Thought for The Day: Self management is the pathway to destruction.
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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