65_Bread from heaven Ex 16:4-16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. 5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.” 13 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp. 14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people 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, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” George Müller, a man of extraordinary faith, built and ran multiple orphanages in England without asking anyone for financial support. He recounted the story of one morning when there was no food for breakfast. As the children sat at the breakfast table, Müller prayed as usual, thanking God for what He was about to provide. Moments later, a baker knocked on the door, saying he had felt led to bake bread for the orphanage. Shortly after, a milkman’s cart broke down outside, and he offered the milk to the orphanage to avoid wastage. The children happily had a good breakfast. Once again, God’s provision was evident. This incident shows that the God who provided manna for the Israelites in the wilderness lives and provides for his people even today. After halting at Elim, where they enjoyed an abundance of water and shade from its twelve springs and seventy palm trees, the Israelites followed the pillar of cloud and fire into the wilderness of Sin. Comfort quickly gave way to hardship. Immediately, they began to murmur and to complain. The hidden unbelief in their hearts came to the surface. How soon they forgot the Lord’s instructions and provision at Marah! And how often we act just like them, praising God when all is well but grumbling and faltering when faced with adversity! When our lives feel like a wilderness, it is easy for us to succumb to our old and natural temptations to forget that our help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Moses, on the other hand, when confronted by the people’s grumbling, turned to God. Instead of devising human strategies, he sought divine intervention. God’s response was clear and miraculous: “Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you…” (Exodus 16:4). This heavenly bread, manna, was a daily visible reminder of God’s presence, faithfulness and power to meet their needs no matter what.