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“And Moses said, Let no man leave of it until the morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank” (Exodus 16:19-20).
The manna was the food that the Lord had provided for the Israelites, and it was good food that nourished their bodies perfectly. They lived on that manna for forty years. Yet if they kept some of it overnight until the next day, they could not eat it, for it “bred worms and stank.” They were not allowed to “eat leftovers!” Why not?
As we saw yesterday, the manna speaks of Christ as our spiritual food, and just as it was important for the Israelites to gather the manna every day, so it is important for us to feed on Christ through God’s Word every day. To be practical about it, we cannot read two chapters of the Bible today and then forget to read it tomorrow. We must read it every day. We know this is the same even in natural things. We cannot eat twice as much breakfast today and then skip breakfast tomorrow. We must eat it daily, and we need to feed on God’s Word daily too.
However, there was one day in the week when they could keep manna until the next day. We will see tomorrow why this happened.
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