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The Manna Stopped
A new season requires a new
strategy for supply
Michael
A wild animal that is domesticated gets use to food given that
he loses his instinct to hunt.
If the handout isn’t present he will starve.
Strange but really we are not that different as we get so use to
money coming in that we take it for granted. When it stops, we think God is
against us, but is He really?
“The manna stopped the day after they ate the food from the land;
there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the
produce of Canaan.” — Joshua 5:12
God promised provision to the Israelites when departing Egypt
providing food in the form of manna day after day for 40 years.
They were trained not to think but to gather and only gather
enough for one day – that day – and no more.
More than likely, over time, they went from gratefulness and
anticipation to entitlement and complaining.
Funny how you can get so accustomed to the blessing that you
complain about the very thing that you prayed for!
Then 48 hours after passover, when they were on the edge of
Canaan, they ate grain, bread and fruit from this new land. And their world was
rocked!
It was then that God pushed them out of their nest into a new
season of hunting for themselves.
Their supply used to come from their circumstance but now they
were entering a new season of cultivation.
The Israelites wanted to return to Egypt under slavery many
times when they were journeying toward Canaan but God said, and maybe saying to
you today, that you’re entering a new season which requires a
new strategy for supply.
God knows how to feed you in every season you’re in;
· Ravens dropping
food for Elijah
· Oil in jars for
a woman in debt
· Naaman
receiving a connection from a teenage servant girl
·
The boy gave up
his meager lunch to feed 5,000
Business is often seasonal too. Sales have always come in during
this quarter and when they don’t, you’re worrying that He has forgotten you.
New seasons are opportunities from the same source but in a
different market, product or service.
Can a “zag” instead of a “zig” be the
catalytic shift for revenue?
God knows how to feed you in every season you’re in.
It’s time to hunt not whine. He hasn’t abandoned you it’s
just your manna has changed forms.
Reflection
Can you tweak a product or market for your goods & services
during a dry season?
Michael speaks at conferences, churches, and events seeking to
inspire, equip and encourage leaders.
I’m passionate about studying
Scripture and sharing the lessons God is teaching me and applying those to
business and life. I’m not preachy but strive to be authentic, warts and all,
and speak about hope & inspiration in the midst of my own struggles. I
receive great joy bringing God’s Word to life so that it makes a difference in
our everyday life when speaking. I also try weaving in stories and examples
that everyone can identify with often using every day object lessons into my
messaging. Often each audience member leaves with that object lesson as a
reminder to put the theme into practice.
Contact him today for
your FishTank Faith encounter!
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