"Yes, they spoke against God: They said, 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?' Behold, He struck the rock, so that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?' Therefore, the Lord heard this and was furious...." (Psalm 78:20-21a)
I was once in quite a ministry change. I remember buying a local paper, went into the family room, and began looking at the want ads. After a very short time, it was barely short of an audible voice which I heard, "What are you doing?" There was a rebuke in this, as well as a "hurt."
While this was almost 40 years ago, today's text reminded me that I was just like the Hebrews. The situation looked uncertain, even bleak. So what was I doing? Even though I would have denied it at the time, I was saying, "Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?"
Maybe you have never been in such a situation, but if you are ever tempted to think and act as I did, and, as those in our text, remember that our Lord Jesus Christ is not happy with such a response to uncertainty. These are not idle words of our Lord Jesus: "Look at the birds of the air....Your heavenly Father feeds them."
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for Your continual reminder that You, and You alone, are my Provider. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
