Our Awesome Caterer

When I was little, my dad, mom, and sister would stop at our favorite restaurant on road trips. My parents knew about how much my sister and I could eat and would order a bean burrito and a tostada for each of us. But when I became a teenager and went to the same restaurant, I found that two items was not enough. Today, it takes four items to fill me up.

Not long after God's people watched in amazement as the last Israelite camel lumbered onto the Red Sea shore and those towering walls of water came crashing down, God did something else just as miraculous.

Imagine providing food for a couple of friends on a camping trip. How hungry is each person going to be? Did everyone have breakfast? How big is each person? How fast is each person's metabolism? You're bound to either have stuff left over or someone is going to wish there were more Linkettes.

Now imagine providing food for two million people! It's been estimated that if the Israelites walked side by side 10 abreast, they would have formed a line 150 miles long.*

God provided exactly what each Israelite man, woman, and growing teenager needed for nourishment. No more, no less. He did it for two million people, and He did it for 40 years.

"So when they measured it by omers [an omer is 3.7 quarts], he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need" (Exodus 16:18).

At this very moment, you have a God who knows you inside and out, is intensely interested in your practical needs, and is more than able to meet them.

You can trust our awesome Caterer!!!

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*Cline, Eric H. (2007), From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible, National Geographic Society, ISBN 978-1426200847 p.74.