Premised on the principles of faith and Divine provisions as seen in the Sabbath Days we intend to launch into the deep as it relates to our rest in the God who is more than enough for our needs. We look into His heart full of love for us and into His hands full of works done to meet our needs. For He said “touch my hands and see the holes in there”. The holes came because He would provide for us…because of this we can look to Him and say…’give us this day, our daily bread’…and then go rest…knowing that those hands have gone to work…on our behalf.
Exo 16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exo 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exo 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
Exo 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
We have been teaching on the commandment of Jesus on not fretting about tomorrow. In the Lord’s model prayer He laid down the principles of Divine provisions.
The Lord says we ought to pray, “give us this day our daily bread”. And in another place He urged His listeners not to fret about tomorrow; “for sufficient for the day is the evil thereof”. We should not begin to think what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewith shall we be clothed? He tells us “…for after these things do the Gentiles seek…for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of these things…but seek ye the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things shall e added unto you”.
Looking at our realities in the modern world we may want to think that the exhortation of the Lord about the daily provisions of our needs may not really apply to us. This is because we realize that there are certain things whose provisions stretch beyond that of the daily expectations. So in those cases how do I still please the Lord when this particular need goes beyond the daily provision?
This is why we have gone over to the book of Exodus, to the beginning of the daily provisions which the Lord Himself gave to His people. The Lord came to fulfill the Law and not to abolish it. So whatever teaching the Lord gave or whatever deeds He performed were done in order for him to fulfill that which has been written in the Law and the Prophets.
In the principles of the provisions of the manna for His people in the wilderness Jehovah said they must gather daily that which every family needed and they must gather nothing over and above their daily requirements every single day. And that had been the order and practice until just a few days later.
On Friday, that week; the people went and gathered manna double what they had previously measured out at other days. So the supervising elders reported the case to Moses. Moses wasn’t surprised He said something like, “yeah, that is correct, you gather double your normal rations today so that you won’t have to go out tomorrow. You may cook some, fry some and keep some until the next day. You remember tomorrow is the Sabbath and no one is supposed to do any manner of work. In any case even if you went out tomorrow there won’t be any manna to gather”
God is trying to tell us I AM THE ONE THAT CAN PROVIDE FOR YOUR DAILY NEEDS ON A DAILY BASIS AND IF NEED BE I CAN ALSO PROVIDE FOR YOUR NEEDS IN ADVANCE.
This means, when the challenge at hand goes beyond the needs of a day, He is also there to provide for it.
We need to understand that He is the Lord of the Sabbath. And as such He is able to make provisions to cover the needs that stretch beyond the day!
THE SPIRIT-LIFE COACH IS A " NOW WORD" from the Spirit of God sent to believers to facilitate our coming into the present glory.
For more information about past messages in the series, counsel or prayer requests, you may e-mail: Pastor Dele Matthews, christcollege07@yahoo.co.uk or call 2348028783451, or 2347066668066
Pastor Dele Matthews is Senior Minister, Restoration Ministries and Dean of Studies, Christ College- a Word School set up for the Spiritual Growth of ALL Christians, focussing on bringing the believer into the fullness of Christ.
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