The story of the Israelites being fed manna and quail never cease to amaze me. I still remember my world religions teacher trying to explain this story and how it really happened – priceless – and I am being sarcastic. The story teaches me how to ask. There is actually not much to be said about the actual words used. God notices my needs and He provides for me and meets them. The people of Israel saw it every day for years. The real lesson I am being taught is – asking comes with a precious gift – trust. Will I trust Him when I ask and hear His response? Will I observe the Sabbath? Will I pick up a double portion the day before knowing that it will not spoil because He said it would not? Will I trust Him over my own reasoning?

I have been having more of those conversation today than I can recount ever having before.

It is the same when I trust Him to bring those I love to a knowledge of who He is – I have to trust Him.

For if the gospel we preach is hidden, it is hidden only from those who are being lost. They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. – 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 GNT

Satan spends his energy blinding people from seeing Jesus for who He is. Knowing this helps me when I pray as I yield them up to Him knowing that He is in absolute authority and I can trust Him. May God give faith to overcome the unbelief that invites the blinding.

Chorus:

To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
To hear His pardoning voice,
Changes a slave into a child
And duty into choice.

William Cowper, Olney Hymns