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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Memorial Jar of Manna
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. (Deuteronomy 8:3)
Moses put a jar of manna in the Ark of the Covenant. There it remained for a long while, apparently, but no longer was present when the Ark was put in the new Temple of Solomon.
The Ten Commandments in the Ark represent the righteousness wrought in the individual in whom Christ is formed. Aaron's rod that budded, also in the Ark, speaks of the calling of God on every member of the royal priesthood. Each priest of God must die to the adamic nature and receive the power of the endless life by which Melchisedec ministered.
The jar of manna in the Ark reminds us of our continual dependence on the Lord for all things. For forty years the Israelites ate manna. The manna ceased when they began to eat of the corn of Canaan.
The Bible tells us that the gifts of the Spirit will cease when that which is perfect has come to us. That which is perfect is the fullness of the Father and the Son through the fullness of the Spirit. Then we shall be filled with all the fullness of God.
The Bible informs us that God caused the people to hunger and then fed them with manna. He did this to humble them, that they might learn man does not live only by natural food but by the words coming from the mouth of God.
We have to learn to lean!
It is difficult for the adamic nature to find its wisdom and strength in God. The natural man would far rather charge around the countryside doing his own thing, as we say.
God has to keep knocking us flat or we get "in the flesh" fast!
How about you? Does God keep you scrambling? Do you have things in your life that keep you off balance?
If it wasn't for him, or her, or this, or that, I could really serve the Lord.
The truth is if it wasn't for him, or her, or this, or that, you would be making a mess of your life and that of everyone around you.
God much prefers to keep us "hungry." Then He gives us just enough manna for one day. Wouldn't we love to collect the manna so we could get control of the situation! But yesterday's manna breeds worms and stinks.
How many Christians are living on yesterday's manna? And all the religious perfume in the world doesn't help.
God has something new for you today—a fresh batch of manna, right from the oven, golden brown, crisp, tasty. Have some and see how good it is.
But remember, it won't be good tomorrow.
You know what? You're going to have to seek God every day if you want that good, fresh manna!