The Lord Provides

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Recorded in Numbers 21, the freed Israelites are in the desert on their way to the land that God had promised them. But one time, they had to go around a long route to get to where they needed to be. The people grumbled against Moses (and God) complaining about the food, which was actual manna from heaven—divinely sent nourishment directly from God—with their words, “We hate this worthless food.” God had some medicine for them—in a mass of slithering dangers the Scriptures call “fiery serpents” which bit the grumblers, many of whom died. To save some of them, God told Moses, “Make a bronze serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who was bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” God provided for them.

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