God had promised His hungry people that He would rain down bread from heaven. When the Israelites looked outside in the morning, and saw what God had prepared for them, they asked, "What is it?" Moses then told them what it was and what to do with it. God has given us a miraculous meal in the Lord's Supper. And a good question to ask as, we go up to the altar to receive it is, is also this same question: "What is it?" God tells us what it is and what we are to do with it.

The Israelites may well have felt forsaken by God as they languished in slavery in Egypt. Had He forgotten about them? There are times in our own lives where you and I might feel the same. Under the weight of our problems and the stress we face in this world we may wonder if God even hears our cries. He does. You can be sure of it. And here's where He shows it.

Have you ever been completely blind-sided by the unexpected? Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Wow, I didn’t see that coming!” Moses and Aaron may have felt that way when they heard God's response to the people's grumbling shortly after receiving freedom from slavery in Egypt.

“If you’ve got your health you’ve got everything.” It's a familiar phrase. There’s no denying the importance of good health, and something our Lord invites us to include in our prayers, but it's not likely a phrase our Savior would use – at least not in the way that we might use it.

There’s a wonderful word that shows up repeatedly in the New Testament. In order to get the correct meaning in English we usually translate it as a phrase. It means, “take courage, take heart.” It was the first thing that Jesus said to the terrified disciples on the Sea of Galilee. But coupled with what follows, it's much more than simply a call stop trembling.