Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. (Psalm 78:23-29 ESV)
“What is it?” the Israelites said when the manna was found as the dew lifted. What is it is the translation of the Hebrew words that are manna, so manna literally means what is it. They had this new substance they had not seen before. They were curious and yet also maybe questioning God’s provision…
The psalmist recounts the story as God opening the sky’s and blowing an east wind and raining manna down on them. God opened up the sky’s and allowed man to eat the bread of angels! We got to taste the food of heaven, a foretaste of the feast to come! Where have we heard that before?
Every time we celebrate communion we are getting a foretaste of that wonderful feast that is to come when we are fully with our God in the great by and by. God heard the cries and whines of the Israelites and he hears our cries, he hears our needs and he knows our wants. He hears the things we can not put into words…
God provided for his people in the wilderness and they questioned what it was and his provisions. Have we ever done that? Have you ever received something from God and questioned it, or asked for something different? God can take your questioning and complaining, but we can rest assured that God will give us what we need not always what we want and he will always provide for us. The promise is clear.
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