The Miracle in the Manna

This morning I stood in my kitchen, crying my eyes out as the weight of the world fell upon my shoulders. The weight of anxiety, frustration, and disappointment.

I opened my Bible and read Exodus chapters 16 & 17 where God provided quail, manna and water for the Israelites in the wilderness between Egypt and their Promised Land.

Manna were bread-like flakes that appeared on the ground like frost, and in the afternoon the sun would melt it. (Exodus ch. 17)

God provided Manna for the Israelites to eat for forty years until it was time for them to enter their Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

As I read this, I felt the Spirit remind me:

God has a Promised Land for all of us - the big miracle, the big blessing, the big healing - but between wherever we are at and that Promised Land, there will be Manna Miracles. Don't underestimate the power of the Manna Miracles.

In our life right now, Payton and I in the wilderness waiting for our Promised Land.

Our Promised Land looks something like, "A land flowing with chronic healing and financial provision."

I was (I am) getting to a point where I'm so tired of praying and believing for those big, huge miracles we know God will do, and I was (I am) getting so frustrated in the waiting that I was overlooking the Manna Miracles. The small miracles that provide answers as we wait for our Promised Land.

Specifically starting in August of 2023 our "wilderness wandering" started. We have been believing and praying with all of our hearts that our big miracle is coming for 12+ months.

As I feel the weight of the world falling on my shoulders today, I'd like to reflect on the Manna Miracles God has provided in that time:

-Food

-Vehicles

-Money

-A house

-Friendships

-Healing

-Divine Moments

-Comfort

God is an active God, He is not dormant.

He lives and breathes goodness, it's who He is.

He is always answering our prayers, even if it's Manna Miracles in the wilderness. Even if your prayer is the starting point of an unfolding of events that has not reached your life yet.

And thank God He doesn't answer all prayers the way we ask for them. I came across a journal just the other day from 2016 where I had a ten-something page prayer for my boyfriend at the time, praying God would make a way for us to get married.

That prayer, although at the time was heartfelt and genuine, was not God's Promised Land for me.

To wrap this up, this morning when I was crying, my precious 3 year old, Honey, came up to me and asked me what was wrong.

I said, "I'm really sad, my love. When we are sad, we ask God to help us."

And she said, "It's okay, mommy. Tell everybody what is going on and you'll feel better."

And she's right.

Psalm 71:15-21

I will tell of your goodness;    

all day long I will speak of your salvation,    

though it is more than I can understand.

I will go in the strength of the Lord God;    

I will proclaim your goodness, yours alone.

You have taught me ever since I was young,    

and I still tell of your wonderful acts.

Now that I am old and my hair is gray,    

do not abandon me, O God!

Be with me while I proclaim your power and might    

to all generations to come.

Your righteousness, God, reaches the skies.    

You have done great things;    

there is no one like you. 

You have sent troubles and suffering on me,    

but you will restore my strength;    

you will keep me from the grave. 

You will make me greater than ever;    

you will comfort me again.