Daily Living

“How splendid this life truly is,” I think to myself. To have the priceless privilege of knowing the One True God in a manner that I can utter His name and He attentively listens. My mind wonders to the backside of a desert. “What if I was one following this new hotshot that rode into town, declaring He was sent to save my nation by the Word of God? Would I believe as Joshua and Caleb, or would I grumble all the way as the older generation? How would I react to coming out daily and gathering the food that fell from the Heavens?” all these questions come to my mind as I sit and mentally overview the whole Exodus story. As I think about the daily manna that God would send His people, I pause for a moment as to hone into this thought somewhat deeper. Remembering to myself that God would only let the manna be edible for a certain length of time, I think of the selfishness that was the driving factor of this pity. “All sin boils down to selfishness” I say to myself once more. “But was it really sin that made God allow the bread to rot?” I then ask. I believe it could have been something other than that also. I believe it could have been that God simply wanted a daily living relationship with His people. Something that would occur daily for them to see His love and care for them, and for them to praise Him. “It was designed all for relationship” I say out loud to myself. “All for total dependence and reliance to be cast upon the weight of a personal relationship with the God that created the beings in which He wanted to have fellowship with. This is how the Christian life is today as well! Christ said, “I Am the Bread of Life… I Am that Heavenly Manna! I Am to be your daily Source of Life. Out of having the daily relationship with Me, you can make it another mile. You cannot store Me up for when you fill like you need Me, nor can I just be used when you are empty. You must come to Me daily for the proper nutrients of a Healthy Heavenly Life. Without this continual coming to Me as your ONLY Hope and daily Source of Living, then you will surely be a weak Christian and soon die.” Many people would think of this as a cumbersome burden, and would like to store up for months and even years. Even many people in a round about way do this very thing they think, but they are sadly mistaken. But, beloved, the purpose of all that Christ does is simply that we may come to have a deeper relationship. How can this be a cumbersome burden? It should be considered an honor to come to Christ and obtain Him in a fresh way everyday. Let us not seek the Christ of the future… we must come to take it day by day. This is true daily living.