Eat Fresh

Whether it’s right off the truck or warm from the oven, there’s something special about fresh bread!  To some folks, a few slices of garden-ripe tomatoes go best inside a couple of slices of fresh bread; I’ll take banana with my fresh slices.  Whatever your preference of “insides,” it’s best when the “outsides” are fresh!

 

In Exodus 16, we read the Israelites gathered bread (manna) each morning.  There weren’t zippy bags or plastic containers to store it in, but that was okay because God instructed them to collect enough just for that day.  There was a profound lesson for them (and us) in those one-day’ll-do-it gatherings: depend on God.  Have you ever noticed how troubled we become at life’s uncertainties?  Spurgeon says, “He can withdraw the joy of thine heart, the light of thine eyes, and the strength of thy life; in His hand thy comforts lie, and at His will they can depart from thee.”  How easily we forget it is from God’s Hand we receive every single breath.  Drawing from what is past and hoping in the uncertainty of tomorrow are troubling at best! Consciously depending on the faithful love of The Father, however, brings us to His throne where we are satisfied completely.  The satisfied soul’s song goes like this: “I depend on God alone; I put my hope in Him.” (Psalm 62:5).  Now, we may find some real bargains at day-old bread stores but for the Believer, there is no blessing or joy in day-old bread (provision).  Let us rejoice we can eat fresh each day by trusting God in and for all things!