- How the Bible is our spiritual bread
and how to consume this bread.
We're going to look at ten comparisons between
the manna that Israel ate in the wilderness
and the Bible that you and I are to consume every single day.
But before we go into that, I want to remind you that
the devil is after you not being in God's Word.
He cannot stop God's Word from bearing fruit in your life.
Therefore, he will do his best to stop you
from being in God's Word.
We see in Matthew chapter 13 Jesus tells us this parable
that's actually like a sample to all the parables.
And He says, "If you don't understand this parable,
you will not be able to understand all other parables."
And it talks about four types of grounds.
And the first type of ground is where the seed fell on
and the birds ate that seed.
And then Jesus explains to us and He says,
"This happens to every person who does not understand
the message or the preaching or the word about the Kingdom of God."
The devil snatches it away.
So the devil, the bird is after the book.
The devil is after you not being, not understanding
not reading, not listening, not studying,
not confessing and not obeying, not memorizing and not meditating
on the Word of God.
He can't stop. Once the Word of God goes inside of you.
once you give yourself to obeying God's Word,
he can't stop the fruit that will come from it.
And that fruit will contradict his plan.
That fruit will renew your mind.
That fruit will set you up to be a man and a woman of God.
The devil cannot afford that to happen.
He can't stand for that to happen,
and he can't do anything about it.
So what he does is he tries to stop you from
actually allowing the Word of God to come inside of you.
Now let's look at how powerful the Word of God is
when we digest it and when we intake it every single day.
When Israel was in the wilderness
between Egypt and the promised land
it's symbolic of our Christian journey;
between our darkness where we were in the world,
and our future paradise in Heaven, like the promised land.
They had this daily substance that supported them for 40 years.
It was manna.
Now ten things about manna that relate to the Word of God.
Number one is the Bible is your spiritual manna
because it's your bread from heaven.
In Exodus 16:4, Numbers 11:9 and also Psalm 105:40,
it talks about Israel ate this bread
that came directly from heaven.
That's exactly what the Bible is.
The Bible is the bread that came from Heaven.
Now you may say, "Did Heaven print the Bible?"
No, it was printed here.
Did Heaven write the Bible? No.
But the Bible says, the Scripture says about itself
that the Scripture is God-breathed.
God breathed into the Scripture.
The Bible says also in 2 Peter that the men of God
who wrote the Scriptures, they were moved along,
carried along by the Spirit of God.
So it's God's gift. It's God's bread to you
and it came from Heaven.
The Word of God is God's special gift for us.
Number two is that it's a miracle bread.
In Exodus 16:7, this wasn't normal.
This wasn't manufactured. This wasn't made in a factory.
This was not made in a bakery. This was a miracle.
When you consider how the Bible came to us today, it's a miracle.
It's a process of preservation.
All the things that are in the Bible my friend,
the Bible is nothing short than God's miracle of preservation.
I have another video that deals with how we got the Bible,
that will be of great blessing to you.
Check it out. It's below this video.
The Bible is a miracle of God's preservation.
Number three is, manna was the bread that God has given them
to eat. The Word of God is also our spiritual food.
Now, God did not give them manna to only study, to only look at,
to only have a microscope and study all of its elements.
The Bible says that they had manna so they could eat it.
I always encourage people, don't just read the Bible,
eat the Bible.
Jesus says in Matthew 4:4, He says,
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but but every word
that proceeds from the mouth of God."
You are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in the body.
And your spirit needs food.
Your spirit needs this fuel,
and the Word of God is the fuel for your spirit.
Number four, manna came to where people were.
In Exodus 16:14 we see the following:
"And when the layer of the dew lifted, there,
on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance
as fine as the frost on the ground."
So the Word of God is accessible.
You don't have to go far to get the Word of God.
Actually God can meet where you're at.
So physically, God's Word is accessible in most of the countries
in the world today. The Word of God could be in your phone.
The Word of God, you can listen to it.
The Word of God, you can read it.
You can read it in your own language.
You can read it in your own native tongue.
But the Word of God is also near to those who are of different
spiritual growth. For example, Some people are babies.
They read the Word of God, it's their milk.
Some of us are maybe adults spiritually.
We read it, it becomes our meat.
It's interesting how the same Word can be milk to a baby
and meat to a grown, spiritually mature person.
God's Word will meet you at your point of spiritual maturity.
Number five, manna had to be gathered daily.
The same thing with God's Word.
Jesus tells us in the Lord's prayer, He says that
"Give us our daily bread." He tells us to pray that.
Now it's not only referring to our physical bread
that's the little interpretation,
but the application also applies to our spiritual nourishment,
our spiritual bread. And God has given us that bread
and we need it daily, not just once a week
when the pastor preaches a sermon. You need it daily.
The pastor's job is to teach you how to feed yourself
on the Bible. It's one of the reasons I make these videos.
It's one of the reasons we make blogs and courses
and books and reading plans and all of that.
Not so that we can replace
or simply do the study of the Bible for you
but to encourage you and give you tools that you need
to study the Word of God. And give you motivation,
give you inspiration and encouragement to study God's Word daily.
Number six, it was gathered in the morning.
So they had to go in the morning and gather manna.
In fact, by noon it would just kind of disappear.
Now, personal recommendation and I believe that many people
will agree with me and I could use many verses to support that
but this is not exclusive meaning, there are people
who can read the Bible in the evening.
You can read the Bible on your work break.
You can read the Bible during lunch.
But it's best when you give God your first fruits
meaning the first hour, the first 15 minutes,
the first 30 minutes in the morning when you are fresh,
when people maybe are still asleep,
when you don't have to go to work yet;
and you gather manna in the morning.
So many people cannot read the Bible throughout the day because
once you don't give God that first place,
it makes it difficult to find the time throughout the day.
It's like when you're reading in the morning,
when you're praying in the morning,
when you're digesting the Word of God,
you're setting this mood, you're setting this rhythm
for the rest of the day.
It keeps you nourished. It keeps you focused.
It keeps you pruned. It keeps you sanctified throughout the day.
It does not mean though, that you shouldn't read the Bible
or the Bible no longer has any effect
or the Bible can no longer speak to you throughout the day
but let's face it, a lot of us get busy and hectic.
We have duties, responsibilities, a job and so many other things
that sometimes it's harder to find time throughout the day.
So the best thing to do is to do what Israel did with manna,
do it in the morning.
Number seven, it cannot be stored for another day.
In fact, yesterday's revelation is insufficient to meet
the challenges of the new day.
We need a fresh Word from God.
I really want to encourage you to develop
a daily diet of God's Word.
Israel couldn't go and gather manna for one day
for the rest of their life.
So many Christians make this mistake by coming on Sunday
and thinking, "I can gather enough manna for six days.
I don't need to open the Bible anymore
because I got my Sunday dose of the Holy Ghost and that's it,
I am fine." You are wrong.
My friend, your spirit needs daily interaction with God.
Your spirit needs daily fuel.
Imagine if you would treat your body like that.
Simply go to eat one time in a restaurant and then you're like,
"Oh, that's enough for the rest of the six days."
No! You will be fatigued, you will be tired.
You will be cranky. You won't perform at your best.
Why? Because you are not nourished, you are not strengthened.
Same thing, Christians, please I ask you,
don't live off of Sunday's message.
Live every day off the fresh word that God gives you.
And if you don't get a fresh word, still go to the word
because even the one that's "not fresh" is going to feed you
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Number eight is, the ark of God contained manna
that endured forever.
So the only place where manna endured forever was in the ark.
The Bible talks about, "Your word I have hidden in my heart
that I might not sin against You." Psalm 119:11.
See, when you begin to store God's Word in your heart
It becomes a part of who you are.
It actually changes you and it stays with you
as you meditate on it.
So that tells us that just having a time of reading
is not sufficient.
The word of God needs to come in and live inside of you.
And one of the best ways to put the Word of God inside of you is
through memorization and meditation. You put it inside of you.
So it's no longer just on the pages, now it's in your heart.
It's on your attitude. It's in your thoughts.
Number nine,
it was eaten throughout all of the wilderness wandering.
In fact, every holiday except the Sabbath, every single year
all the way until they came to the Promised Land.
I believe that once we get to Heaven we won't need the Bible
because we will have the Lord's presence manifest with us.
You know, faith will turn to sight.
Things that we believed for, they will become reality.
But until that time, we are in our wilderness wanderings.
We need manna. We need the Word of God.
God has graciously provided this to sustain us,
to support us, to fuel us, and to protect us,
and to spiritually build us.
So you need it as long as you are on this earth
until you meet the Lord.
Number ten, sadly manna was despised by the Children of Israel.
They called it worthless, meaningless.
"Our whole being is dried up because of this worthless manna."
It was God's gift. It wasn't like donuts or something
but it was still sweet. It was still beautiful.
It was still wonderful.
When it came first, they were so excited.
They were so thankful and then they became familiar.
Then they started to take if for granted.
So many Christians do exactly the same with the Bible.
"Oh, the Bible is old."
So is the sun, it's still hot.
"Oh, the Bible is not relevant to me."
So is the television if you don't turn it on.
"Oh, I don't feel like reading the Bible."
That's why you're not going to feel like reading it
because you're not reading it. If you start reading it,
you will have the desire to read the Bible.
The reason you don't have the desire is because
you don't read it.
Physical hunger works like this; you don't eat, you're hungry.
Spiritual hunger is the opposite. you eat to get hungry.
You read to desire to read.
So the more you read, the more you want to read.
The less you read, the less you want to read.
The more you study, the more you want to study the Bible.
The less you study, the less you want to study the Bible.
The more you pray, the more you want to pray.
The less you pray, the less you want to pray.
So don't focus on your feelings.
Make a decision, and stop despising the Word of God.
It's a gift to our life.
It's our spiritual food. It's our spiritual sword.
It's our spiritual oil. It's our spiritual lamp.
God bless you.
It's time to dive into the Word of God.
Are you reading it? Are you studying it?
Have you been in God's Word today?
Drop that in the comments below.
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