God had wonderful things in store for His people when their freedom journey began, but it would take faith and obedience on their part. Would they depend on Him alone no matter what they faced? Would they trust God enough to be obedient even when things got tough?
Right from the outset, the Israelite’s Exodus from Egypt brought challenges and the worrying and grumbling continued. When they ran out of food, they once again convinced themselves God had brought them into the wilderness to die. But that was not His plan. He was giving them another chance to see that He would take care of them. He had set them free, He had rescued them, and He would sustain them.
When God provided for His people in the wilderness, His provision came with a test. He would provide the manna and quail for them to eat, but they were only to gather what they needed for one day. He promised they would have more than enough. Would they trust God and obey Him?
“In the evening you will have meat to eat, and in the morning you will have all the bread you want. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.” – Exodus 16:12 NLT
Every morning for forty years the Israelites woke up to fresh manna, and every night they threw away what was left and trusted God with tomorrow. And He was always faithful.
God already has tomorrow figured out!
When your freedom journey takes an unexpected turn, will you still be all in for God? Will you trust Him to sustain you even during the most challenging times? Will you have faith that He will provide enough for today? Enough strength. Enough peace. Enough hope. Enough provisions. Enough energy. Enough time. Will you surrender today to Him and trust Him with tomorrow?
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reminds us that our Heavenly Father knows what we need and that worry is futile. He declares that if we remain focused on God and His purposes, He will provide all we need. And if Jesus said it, I believe it!
“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” – Matthew 6:33-34 NLT
Rest in God’s provisions for today. He already has tomorrow taken care of.
I’ve spent most of the last year believing God had “tricked” me. That he was playing out scenarios to see which one might finally break me. The angels would watch and make bets. Growing up, I was left to handle hard things like an adult, and there were plenty of hard things. Every trip home from school was full of dread, and every trip to school the next morning was my chance to breathe and prepare for the part I’d play at school the rest of the day. I was always being “tricked” somehow. I was going to get this or that but never did. Sometimes what was actually mine would be taken from me. So, yeah, I still haven’t become confident that I can trust God to be there for me or give me good things. And for the past seven years, I’ve had one thing after another happen to me, including an inoperable dislocated shoulder the qualified me for disability. I had to give up driving. I was allowed to work about 15 hours a week from home, and I lost the two coworkers I’d had to talk to. Then COVID came along one month after I cut my hours and applied for disability. No church or Bible study. Now, the only people I have to talk to are my husband, who is an introvert and works in retail, and my 21yo daughter who’s also an introvert. He comes home and opens a book and she gets her phone out. I’m still alone after they come home. I have felt about as cornered as possible and feel totally alone. I’ve felt like God just keeps taking and taking! But through my doubts about God, I’ve felt the Holy Spirit holding me by the back of me shirt, telling me to wait. I finally asked God to just she me some hope and to simply lift his head up from whatever he’s working on to let me know he’s still there, and it’s made a difference. So I’ll keep giving him the benefit of the doubt and reminding myself that he’s not who raised me. It’ll be fine it’s got to be, because I’m really breaking. And you’re absolutely right about reading the Bible! Which is better? Ten different stories from ten different people about what your father was like, or reading a journal he’d written in over the years? I’d want to read his journal if I wanted to know him best. Thank you for maintaining your blog!
I’m so, so sorry. I will pray for you. Honestly I will. I will pray for God to reveal Himself to you. But try to remember that He really does love you more than you could ever know. Stay in the Word and find promises to cling to. The Psalms are a great place for that. Many of the Psalmists cried out to God from the depths of their despair. God bless you sweet sister. 🥰 I cannot wait to hear your victory testimony when God finally reveals it you.