Faith Rests
Remember the Israelites in the wilderness? In the Bible God supernaturally fed them on a daily basis by raining their food out of the heavens. According to Exodus 16:14,15 they call it "manna."
Manna represents God's grace or ability to help us. Like us, they wanted to make sure that they would have enough for tomorrow as well as today. They wanted to have tomorrow taken care of just in case God forgot to be miraculous the next morning. But God wanted them to learn how live by faith, and He forbid them to collect more than they needed to live for one day at a time, except on the Sabbath.
Faith does not have to figure out the future. Faith rests because it knows that God will deliver tomorrow's manna tomorrow.
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
--- Hebrews 11:1
My own reflection of this Thought:
* Since the inflation rate in Indonesia is higher each year, have you ever wondered what your child's education cost would be in the future? Or for the single ones, have you ever wondered what's the cost of buying a house, a car, getting married in the next 5 years or 10 years?
It's frustrating when you think about it, isn't it?
God's word today asks us to live by faith because His grace is enough for our needs. Each day He will fulfill His Blessing, and don't worry it's enough for that day as long as we have a thanksgiving heart and be grateful for each 'manna' that He gives for us... (-fon-)
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