Bible Verse of the Day Saturday August 21th 2021

Exodus 16:16-18 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent. The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

The suggested daily quantity for each person was an omer (approximately two quarts). In much the same manner, church leaders frequently recommend a particular amount of daily Bible study as a parameter. This standard functions as a stimulus to help one study the Word of God, which is something that every child of God needs every day.

The Bible tells us that the Children of Israel who collected a small amount did not want more. Furthermore, the Bible teaches that the Israelites that gathered much did not have any wasted. In much the same manner, there will be days that are just reading a few verses from the Bible that will be sufficient to sustain us for that day. What we read could be the exact issue that had been on our minds that day. On the other side, a concentrated and rigorous four-hour bible study session will not leave us with the idea that we gathered too much that day. Furthermore, an extended daily Bible Study will not eliminate the need for Bible study tomorrow. 

Some say that too much Bible study will render one “too heavenly to be worldly good”; however, there is no way that we can overfeed on God’s Word. The Children of Israel did not hoard their manna over days because it would produce worms (Exodus 16:19-20). Instead, God assured us that the Israelites went out to collect manna each day to remind us today of the importance of daily Bible Study.

A vigorous, energetic feeding of the Word of God on Sunday morning, for instance, is merely not sufficient to maintain us for the week ahead. We must gather our manna (God’s Word) each day of our lives.

We all should be answering this day, and every day is: Have we had our manna today?

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