Safety biblically is not found in size, but in obedience.

Reading Exodus 16 this morning, verse 36 caught my attention. “An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.” I read this verse and thought, why is this even being mentioned, what is the point of a verse like this? Then because it is a verse about a tenth, I thought it had something to do with tithing, for the context is God commanding Aaron to put an Omer of manna in a jar to keep for generations to come. Things that make you go hmmmm.

On the surface I have overlooked this passage, but today, it was a well to dig, a hole to mine, a treasure to hunt. What I learned about this simple verse which seems so insignificant, is actually very profound.

An omer was the daily provision God decided the Israelites needed as they traveled through the wilderness. It was Jesus saying in Matthew 6, give us this day, our daily bread. An omer of manna was their daily sufficiency. However, their disobedience to only collect an omer a day per person, ended up turning into maggots the next day because they disobeyed.

Fear of running out, fear of lack, is a trust issue not a monetary one. Proverbs 30:7-9 says, “Two things I ask of you, LORD; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.”

The omer is a part of the ephah, if the omer is daily provision, the ephah represents absolute sufficiency. God determines what is enough for us, but as we trust the enough of the omer, we gain access to the ephah or sufficiency.

What we need is only a portion of what He has for us, but we must trust Him with the omer, if we are going to access the ephah. Our faith grows best within God defined limits. Trust His boundaries around you, for He is always wanting to extend them. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org