Bibledoorajar: Bread before our God

     God had provided. The manna sustained. When it needed to last through the Sabbath it did. For forty years it provided a door between God and His people. True, there were some of those who came with them (mixed multitude) who tried to draw attention away from the glorious provision of the manna. They spoke of the food that they had to eat in Egypt and demanded that type to eat. But God continued to say there was but one food that would sustain His people all the way out of the wilderness of Sin. To further show His people the glory that was in the manna, He commanded that a portion of it be put in an earthen vessel and placed before Him as a Testimony. The manna remained as a Testimony incorruptible. A Jew could say, "there it is, and it is not decaying even though the days and years have gone by. Surely it is a glorious thing".
     When God placed the Bread of Heaven in an earthen vessel (became human), He declared in Heaven that the glory of the provision would not be corrupted and that He would stand before Him in Heaven as a Testimony. Although beaten and tortured, Jesus's body was not corrupted (decayed) because God took Him into His presence as a Testimony of His faithfulness. And there He is to this day.
     Now faith is being sure of the substance of things unseen (Heb. 11:1). With the eye of faith we can see Jesus there. With faith we can be assured of the Glory involved in the miracle of His being there. With faith we can hear the voice of God assuring us that we will one day be there too if we continue to feed on the Bread of Heaven and reach out for that day. There is but one way out of the Wilderness and Jesus, the Bread of Heaven, has done it. He will provide for us all the way home. Hallelujah! Thank You Father. Blessed assurance. Is it not wonderful?

"Turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full into His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

IN THE LIGHT OF HIS GLORY AND GRACE....

Helen Lemmel

"Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine

Oh what a foretaste of glory divine."

Fannie Crosby