Manna- my Daily Bread

The other morning I had woken up and there was a word from the Lord on my mind..He was speaking to me that He only gives me each morning what I need for that particular day.  He does not give to me in advance, so the times when I am worrying and fretting over things that do not pertain to today, I am trying to do life in my own strength and without His grace.

I got out of the bed and prepared to have my morning devotions.  As I sought the Lord and starting working in my workbook for the Hospitality Study I am doing (Just Open The Door by Jen Schmidt) I couldn't believe it- one of the verses confirmed exactly what the Lord was speaking to me personally that morning..

Exodus 16:13-21

So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.  And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.  So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was.  And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.  This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: "Let every man gather it according to each one's need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent."  Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.  So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.  Every man gathered according to each one's need.  And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning."  Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses.  But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank.  And Moses was angry with them.  So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need.  And when the sun became hot, it melted.

And so the Lord was confirming in my heart that He knows what I am going to face each day of my life.  He knows the challenges and struggles.  As I get up early and seek His face, He is going to fill me with His Presence and the strength and wisdom I need to face whatever comes my way that day.  He knows ahead of time what that will be and He prepares me to get through victoriously.  Worrying about the troubles of another day is lunacy, it is worrying about something that God has not given me the strength for yet! Yikes!  May it never be.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.  Matthew 6:34