HEAR Journaling - Exodus 16
Highlight – Exodus 16:1-5 New Living Translation
Manna and Quail from Heaven
16 Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin,[a] between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt.[b] 2 There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron.
3 “If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.”
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will be twice as much as usual.”
Explain – The whole community of Israel was complaining about Moses and Aaron just one month after being set free from Egypt after 430 years. Gods answer was to meet their needs with manna from heaven, raining down to feed them all. God also used the opportunity to test them to see if they were to follow His instructions.
Apply – God appreciates the faithful and detests complainers. We would be wise to bridle our tongue from complaining, and speak faithfully and confidently in the reliability of the Lord.
Philippians 2:14 ESV Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
James 5:9 ESV Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
1 Corinthians 10:10 ESV Nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Ephesians 4:29 ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Romans 12:2 ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Proverbs 28:20 ESV A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
Hebrews 10:23 ESV
Respond – Lord, thank You for Your faithfulness. Help me Lord to bridle idle negative speech from my lips, to speak only faithfully and positively in accordance with Your will. I strive to follow You obediently and faithfully forever. I pray for any that do not know You, Lord. Amen.
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