First Things
“And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, gather of it every man according to his eating…And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating…And they gathered it every morning” (Exodus 16:15-18,21).
What are the first things you do in the morning just after you get out of bed? Our first pursuits in the morning generally indicate where our hearts are. The children of Israel had to gather their daily food first thing in the morning, or they would be too late. If a believer can rise from his bed, and go about the business of life before he has looked up to the Lord, and turned to the Scriptures, it is more than probable that his heart has grown cold and gotten away from the Lord. Nothing can possibly make up for a lack of food, for “Christ is all, and in all” (Colossians 3:11).
